Bruce Stewart (scriptwriter)

Bruce Robert Stewart (4 September 1925 – (2005-09-29)29 September 2005) was an actor and scriptwriter best known for his scripts for television. Originally from New Zealand,[1] he lived for several years in Australia, working in the theatre, before moving to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s.[2] There he worked on many projects for both the BBC and ITV, notably Out of the Unknown and Timeslip.

Bruce Stewart
Born
Bruce Robert Stewart

(1925-09-04)4 September 1925
Auckland, New Zealand
Died29 September 2005(2005-09-29) (aged 80)
Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Scriptwriter, dramatist/playwright

Biography

Stewart was born in Auckland and studied at Mount Albert Grammar.

For three years he studied to be a priest at Marist seminary. He then moved into the entertainment industry. [3]

Stewart served in the arm. He would perform songs and tell stories as a forces entertaininer, then moved into radio in Auckland, where he worked as a radio announcer and actor.

Sydney

In 1947 Stewart moved to Sydney, Australia where he got work as a radio announcer. He became an actor, appearing in radio dramas, as well as acting in stage plays in the evening. His breakthrough performance as a radio actor was in a production of Morning Departure.[4]

London

Stewart moved to London in 1955 and began working in television and radio as an actor. His breakthrough as a wrier was Shadow of a Pale Horse.

TV scripts

Radio plays
  • Peter & Paula - Australian radio serial
  • The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1958) - BBC radio adaptation
  • Time of the Serpent (1958) - about Eliza Fraser
  • Blood on the Coral Sea
  • Night of the Gods - about explosion of Mount Tarawera
  • The Wake of the Long White Cloud (1958) - serial - also acted[10]
  • Moonfall (1959)
  • Low Voice in Rama (1960)
  • The Hot and Copper Sky (1962)
  • Flower of Blood (1991) - BBC

Novels
  • A Disorderly Girl (1978)
  • The Hot and Copper Sky (1981)

Select Acting Credits

Radio
  • Walter - The Boy Wonder (1947) - New Zealand
  • Dossier on Dumetrius (1949)
  • Deadly Nightshade (1950)
  • 26 Hours (1952)
  • Night Beat
  • Doctor Paul
  • The Strange Life of Deacon Brodie
  • Headquarters Man
  • The Great Escape
  • Reach For The Sky
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Kitty Foyle
  • Saratoga Trunk
  • Crisis
  • The Truth About Blayds
  • Romeo and Juliet (1952)[11]
  • Hop Harrigan
  • GM Hour - Behold We Live (1953)
  • Blind Man's Bluff (1954)[12]

Stage
  • The Comedian (1952)[13]
  • A Phoenix Too Frequent (1952)[14]

References
  1. Bio Archived 30 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine at official Timeslip website.
  2. Vagg, Stephen (10 January 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Devil Makes Sunday". Filmink.
  3. "Bruce Stewart Seeks Change From TV Scripts". Press. 10 October 1961. p. 13.
  4. Philp, Peter. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka Media. p. 286-288.
  5. "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 49. 14 May 1958. p. 42. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Vagg, Stephen (13 September 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Shadow of a Pale Horse". Filmink.
  7. "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 30, no. 51. 22 May 1963. p. 20. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 37. 12 February 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Nation of hypochondriacs". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 385. 22 May 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 49. Australia, Australia. 14 May 1958. p. 42. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Smoky Dawson in own show". The Sun. No. 13, 347. New South Wales, Australia. 18 November 1952. p. 26 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "WEDNESDAY, February 17". The Age. No. 30, 821. Victoria, Australia. 11 February 1954. p. 7 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Stage Whispers". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 169. New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "Repertory Plans". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 160. New South Wales, Australia. 17 February 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.


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