James Workman (writer)

James Workman (1912 – 28 March 2001) was a Scottish-born actor and writer who mostly worked in Australia.

Biography

Workman was born in South Africa, and worked as a sailor and a policemen. He lived in South Africa, working for in radio before going to Australia for his wife's health. In Australia he worked as an actor at first, mostly on stage, before becoming a radio writer for Gordon Grimsdale.[1][2]

Workman died on 28 March 2001, at the age of 89.[3]

Films
  • Into the Straight (1948) - actor

Television

Novels
  • The Apologetic Tiger (1958)
  • Lucifer at Ponsfordville (1959)
  • Face of Fortune (1961)
  • Impact (1962)
  • the Mad Surgeon (1962)
  • Shock Stories (1962)
  • The Captain from Goondiwindi (1962)
  • Havoc (1962)
  • Sweet Taste of Venom (1963)
  • Cleopatra of Egypt (1963)
  • the Navy's here (1963)
  • Sodom and Gomorrah (1963)
  • The Witch Hunters (1963)
  • Sin in Hong Kong (1965)
  • Dragon Ships (1965)
  • Genghis Khan (1965)
  • Sin in Hong Kong (1965)
  • Charge of the Light Brigade (1966)
  • The Mad Emperor (1966)
  • Sex and the Soviet Spy (1966)
  • Attila the Hun (1967)
  • The Courtesans (1967)
  • Zenobia, Empress of Lust (1967)
  • The Beautiful Beast of Buchenwald James Workman (1968)
  • Shark Bait (1968)

Radio
  • Thirty Minutes to Go (1951–54) - various episodes
  • The Last Miracle (1953)
  • Mirror Mirror on the Wall (1954)[4]
  • L'innoue The innocent (1954)[5]
  • This is My Play (1954)[6]
  • A Moment of Peril (1956)
  • The Big Squeeze (1956) - series - writer, director
  • Deadline (1957) - series - writer, director
  • The Key (1958) - series - writer
  • Call Box (1959) - writer
  • Countdown - writer
  • Timber Ridge - writer
  • Odette - writer

Documentary
  • Finding Facts - writer

Stage
  • various plays as actor for the Globe Player in Sydney in 1949
  • various productions as actor for John Alden Company in 1951-1952 including Hamlet
  • Eternal Night (1954) - writer[7]
  • The Passion Play actor (1963)[8]
  • Cold Cure - writer
  • The Tichborne inheritance : a play in two acts - writer
  • Brain drain [manuscript] : a play in one act - writer
  • Shut-up and Strip [manuscript] : a play in one act - writer
  • See you at Philippi (1973) - writer
  • The old poisoner [manuscript] : a play in two acts - writer
  • Breadfruit for breakfast [manuscript] : a play in two acts - writer
  • Possession [manuscript] : a play in one act / - writer

References
  1. James Workman interview at National Film and Sound Archive
  2. Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. pp. 65–68.
  3. "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 2001. p. 28.
  4. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall". Commercial. The ABC weekly. Vol. 16, no. 24. 12 June 1954. p. 25. nla.obj-1677801556. Retrieved 1 May 2023 – via Trove.
  5. "Worth hearing". The Herald. No. 24,027. Victoria, Australia. 31 May 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 1 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "AROUND THE DIAL". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIX, no. 227. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 1 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Stark play at theatre". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIX, no. 106. New South Wales, Australia. 23 July 1954. p. 33. Retrieved 1 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Audience Of 7,000 Sees Passion Play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10,481. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 March 1963. p. 19. Retrieved 1 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.


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