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][self-published source?]} 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.^[3]

Bruce Stewart
Born	Bruce Robert Stewart (1925-09-04)4 September 1925 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	29 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.^[4]

Stewart served in the army. 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.^[5]

London

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

TV scripts

• A Time of the Serpent (1958)^[6]
• The Land of the Long White Cloud (1958) - serial
• Shadow of a Pale Horse (1959)^[7]
• The Watchmen of Saul (1961)
• The Devil Makes Sunday (1962)
• Jezebel (1963) (TV series) - story editor^[8]
• Day of the Drongo (1964)^[9]
• The Harp in the South (1964) - BBC adaptation
• Boney and the Monster (1972)
• Timeslip (1972-73)
• Old Man March is Dead (1976) - BBC play^[10]
• Secret Valley (1984) - TV series
• Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (1986) - TV series

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^[11]
• Moonfall (radio play) (1959)
• Low Voice in Rama (1960)
• The Hot and Copper Sky (1962)
• Flower of Blood (1991) - BBC
• Day of the Galah

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)^[12]
• Hop Harrigan
• GM Hour - Behold We Live (1953)
• Blind Man's Bluff (1954)^[13]

Stage

• The Comedian (1952)^[14]
• A Phoenix Too Frequent (1952)^[15]
• The Illusionists (1957)