Oscar Whitbread
Oscar Ralph Whitbread OAM (26 November 1929 – 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television.[1][2]
He moved to Australia in the late 1940s.
Personal life
Whitbread was married to Corinne Kerby.[3] He died on 16 May 2016 after a long illness.[2]
Select credits
- Ice Circus (1963) (ice skating TV special)[4]
- Beauty and the Beast (1964) (ice skating TV special)[5]
- On Approval (1964) (TV movie) – producer
- Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1964) (TV movie) – producer
- The Winds of Green Monday (1965) (TV movie) – producer, director
- Otherwise Engaged (1965) (TV movie) – producer
- Duet on Wednesday (1965) (TV play) – producer
- Photo Finish (1965) (TV movie) – producer[6]
- Plain Jane (1966) (TV movie) – producer
- Slow Poison (1967) (TV movie) – producer
- Love and War (1967) (TV movie) – producer
- The Shifting Heart (1968) (TV movie) – producer
- Delta (Australian TV series) (1969) (TV series) – director
- Dynasty (1969) (TV series) – director
- Bellbird (1970–77) (TV series) – producer
- A Family at War (1970) (TV series) – director
- The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972) (TV movie)
- Frank and Francesca (1973) (TV series)
- Marion (1974) (miniseries) – producer, director
- And the Big Men Fly (1974) (TV series) – producer
- Rush (1975) (TV series) – producer, director
- The Professional Touch (1976) (TV play)
- Trial of Ned Kelly (1977) (TV movie)
- Power Without Glory (1976) (mini series) – producer
- Catspaw (1978) (TV series)
- The Truckies (1978) (TV series)
- Burn the Butterflies (1979) (TV movie)
- A Wild Ass of a Man (1980) (TV movie)
- Lucinda Brayford (1980) (mini series)
- I Can Jump Puddles (1980)
- Locusts and Wild Honey (1980) (TV series(
- All the Green Year (1981) (mini series)
- Outbreak of Love (1981) (mini series) – producer, director
- The Young Wife (1984) (mini series) – producer, director
- Golden Pennies (1985) (mini series) – produce, director
- The Flying Doctors (1985) (mini series) – producer
- The Flying Doctors (1986) (TV series) – producer, director
- Studio 86 (1986) (TV series) – producer, director
- Acropolis Now (1989) (TV series) – producer
- The Power, The Passion (1989) (TV series) – producer
- Ratbag Hero (1991) (mini series) – producer, director
- Cluedo (1990–92) (TV series) – producer, director
- Bush Patrol (1996) (TV series) – producer
- The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997) (TV movie) – producer
References
- ^ "Oscar Whitbread: a man behind Aussie drama" By Caris Bizzaca Nine New 26 January 2012 accessed 29 June 2013
- ^ a b Stephanie Ferrier, "Oscar Whitbread: Australian TV pioneer, mentor, dies aged 86" ABC News 18 May 2016
- ^ "CORINNE: Melbourne-type ma'am". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. [?]. 26 October 1960. p. 69. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Circus Ballet". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, , no. 10, 513. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 April 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "RICH FARE FOR HOLIDAY VIEWING". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 31. 1 January 1964. p. 13. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Photo finish of an 80-year-old". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, , no. 11, 307. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 November 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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