Nigel Lovell

Nigel Lovell
Nigel Lovell
Born	Nigel Tasman Lovell; 27 January 1916; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	13 December 2001 (aged 85)
Education	Sydney University
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer, director
Spouse	Patricia Lovell
Family	Jenny Lovell (daughter), Geoff Lovell (nephew)

Nigel Tasman Lovell (27 January 1916 – 13 December 2001) was an Australian stage, radio, film and television actor, and producer of opera and both stage and radio drama.

History

Lovell was born in Sydney, a son of H(enry) Tasman Lovell, Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sydney University, living at Honda Road, Neutral Bay. He was educated at "Shore" (Sydney Church of England Grammar School)[1] and studied law at Sydney University, graduating BA in 1938, and was an active member of the Sydney University Dramatic Society under director May Hollinworth. While with SUDS he was spotted by the director of drama for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Frank Clewlow, who gave him small roles in several radio plays. Handsome, well-connected and gregarious, his name frequently cropped up in Sydney's social pages.[2][3]

In 1950 he joined the Metropolitan Theatre, again under Hollinworth, and when she fell ill he took over production.

In 1951 he won a Commonwealth Jubilee Arts Scholarship in Drama, a travelling scholarship awarded by the British Council to study production in England.[4]

He continued acting for the ABC under producers Eric John and Frank Zeppel in the last decade of Australian radio drama, and in several ABC-TV historical plays. He was also a regular in Crawford Productions for commercial TV; notably as the avuncular spy chief on late 60s series Hunter. In 1972 he joined the staff of ABC Radio as a producer of education programmes.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1949	Eureka Stockade	Captain Wise	Feature film
1951	Wherever She Goes	Father of Eileen Joyce	Feature film
1957	The Shiralee	O’Hara	Feature film
1959	The Dispossessed		Feature film
1970	Strange Holiday		TV film
1970	Ned Kelly		Feature film
1976	Let the Balloon Go		Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1960	Stormy Petrel	Major Johnston	TV series
1961	Whiplash		TV series
1962	Consider Your Verdict		TV series
1965-73	Homicide		TV series
1967	Divorce Court		TV series
1967-69	Hunter	Charles Blake	TV series
1968	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo		TV series
1973	Matlock Police		TV series
1973	Seven Little Australians		TV series
1982	A Country Practice		TV series

Theatre

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Type
	As You Like It	Adam (servant)	Sydney University Dramatic Society
1936	Don Juan	Lord Frantingham (and the statue)	Sydney University Dramatic Society
	Death Takes a Holiday		Sydney University Dramatic Society
1938	The Merchant of Venice	Bassanio	Sydney University Dramatic Society
1938	Hotel Universe		Sydney University Dramatic Society[5]
1938	Tuttifäntchen	The Puppet Master	Collegium Musicum Sydney
1940	French Without Tears		Minerva Theatre[6]

As producer/director

Year	Title	Role	Type
1950	Raymond, Lord of Milan		Metropolitan Theatre[7][8]
1951	A Masked Ball		New South Wales Opera / National Opera Company[9]
1953	The Flying Dutchman		[10]
1954	Il trovatore		Empire Theatre for the National Opera of Australia / National Opera Company[11]
1954	Faust		Empire Theatre[12]
1955	Winter Journey		Independent Theatre[13]
1957	The Big Knife	Clifford Odets	Independent Theatre

Radio

Radio adaptation of The Wild Ass's Skin (Honoré de Balzac)
Hands Across the Table (the Viña Delmar play behind the 1935 film) for Lux Theatre (1939)[14]
Those We Love (the Agnes Ridgeway serial — not the George Abbott play behind the 1932 film) (1939)
Magnificent Obsession based on the story by Lloyd C. Douglas (1939)
By Wire (mystery play by Mary Penelope Lucy, a Sydney author) (1939)[15]
Smilin' Thru from the Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin play Smilin' Through (1940)
Four Daughters, adapted from the 1938 film, first of a series for Harry Dearth's "Radio Theatre" by arrangement with Warner Bros.[16]
Big Sister serial starring Thelma Scott, Peter Finch, Peter Dunstan and Bettie Dickson on 2UW (1946)
Crossroads of Life serial with a similar cast on 2UW (1946–1947)
Danger Unlimited (Max Afford) serial with Lovell and Barbour as Jeffery and Elizabeth Blackburn on 2UE (1946–48)[lower-alpha 1]
Perfect Strangers (the Clemence Dane play behind the 1945 film) (1948)
A Bill of Divorcement (Clemence Dane, and filmed several times), also with Camilla Ley (1949)
The Cure for Love, (the Walter Greenwood play behind the 1949 film) also with Frances Worthington (1953)

Family

Lovell was a brother of Dr. Bruce Tasman Lovell (1910 – 19 September 1986) and Guy Tasman Lovell (15 August 1919 – ). Former cricketer Geoff Lovell is a nephew.

Lovell married Sue Dalton in 1941 and had a daughter Catherine Lovell on 1 January 1947. His wife died of a heart condition later that year.

He married again, to Patricia Anna Parr (1929 – 26 January 2013) in 1956, having met through work with Sydney's Metropolitan Theatre. They had two children - Simon Lovell, a helicopter pilot, and Jenny Lovell, an actor known for her role in the television series Prisoner. Patricia Lovell had a significant career in radio and film both before and after their divorce.

References

Richard Lane (31 January 2002). "At home on radio, on stage, directing opera or Tarzan". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 38. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
"Glow Of Tropic Color At Cuba Ball". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. IV, no. 84. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Social and Personal". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 871. New South Wales, Australia. 22 February 1940. p. 19. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Jubilee Arts Awards". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. XVI, no. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 31 March 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"People on Parade". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. III, no. 143. New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Well-known Crowd Premiere At Minerva". The Sun (Sydney). No. 9481. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Review". Freeman's Journal. No. 46. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1851. p. 11. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Mr E. Reeve, Founder of the N.S.W. Academy of Art". Illustrated Sydney News. Vol. VII, no. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1871. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Fine Singing Heard In Verdi Opera". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 336. New South Wales, Australia. 24 March 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Wagner opera opening". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. XVIII, no. 107. New South Wales, Australia. 25 July 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Opera's New Singers". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 338. New South Wales, Australia. 9 June 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 5 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Faust Was Not Really Well Done". The Sun (Sydney). No. 13, 855. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1954. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
""Urnmali" (?!) (30 September 1955). "At Sydney Theatres". Le Courrier Australien. No. 39. New South Wales, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Advertising". The Sun (Sydney). No. 1878. New South Wales, Australia. 26 March 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
""By Wire"". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 622. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"Next Week's Radio Attractions". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 16 March 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia. The film was in turn based on a play, Sister Act by Fannie Hurst
"Radio Roundup". The Sun (Sydney). No. 11, 358. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

The Mysterious Mr Lynch also by Afford, with the same two sleuths, but played by Finch and Dickson, was broadcast on ABC radio around the same time.[17]

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[Lane-1] Richard Lane (31 January 2002). "At home on radio, on stage, directing opera or Tarzan". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 38. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[2] "Glow Of Tropic Color At Cuba Ball". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. IV, no. 84. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Social and Personal". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 871. New South Wales, Australia. 22 February 1940. p. 19. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Jubilee Arts Awards". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. XVI, no. 7. New South Wales, Australia. 31 March 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "People on Parade". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. III, no. 143. New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Well-known Crowd Premiere At Minerva". The Sun (Sydney). No. 9481. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "Review". Freeman's Journal. No. 46. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1851. p. 11. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "Mr E. Reeve, Founder of the N.S.W. Academy of Art". Illustrated Sydney News. Vol. VII, no. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1871. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[9] "Fine Singing Heard In Verdi Opera". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 336. New South Wales, Australia. 24 March 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[10] "Wagner opera opening". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. XVIII, no. 107. New South Wales, Australia. 25 July 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[11] "Opera's New Singers". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 338. New South Wales, Australia. 9 June 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 5 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[12] "Faust Was Not Really Well Done". The Sun (Sydney). No. 13, 855. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1954. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[13] ""Urnmali" (?!) (30 September 1955). "At Sydney Theatres". Le Courrier Australien. No. 39. New South Wales, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[14] "Advertising". The Sun (Sydney). No. 1878. New South Wales, Australia. 26 March 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[15] ""By Wire"". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 622. New South Wales, Australia. 8 May 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[16] "Next Week's Radio Attractions". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 16 March 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia. The film was in turn based on a play, Sister Act by Fannie Hurst

[17] "Radio Roundup". The Sun (Sydney). No. 11, 358. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[18] The Mysterious Mr Lynch also by Afford, with the same two sleuths, but played by Finch and Dickson, was broadcast on ABC radio around the same time.[17]