John P. McLeod

John P. McLeod (died 1965)^[1] was an Australian writer and broadcaster. For a time he was an in-house screenwriter for F.W. Thring at Efftee Studios.^[2][3][4]

He also worked for the ABC and wrote a number of humorous novels.^[5][6]

Selected writings

• A Ticket in Tatts (1934) – screenplay
• The Nawab's Necklace; Being Case 102 from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised (1935) – radio play
• The Leech; Or, Detectives Don't Care, Being the Hundred and Oneth Case of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised (1935) – radio play
• Typhoon Treasure (1938) – script
• Way Down South (1940)
• Funtasia Digest (1941)
• Frolics in Politics (1941)
• The Progress of Pete (1944)
• Quipster Delight (1945)
• Jester Digest (1945)
• Where Old Friends Meet (1964)

Unfilmed screenplays

It was announced that McLeod would adapt the following novels for Efftee:

• James! Don't Be a Fool by E. V. Timms^[7]
• Along the Road by McLeod^[7]