Philip Albright

Philip Albright (died 21 July 1959), was an American actor and writer who worked for a number of years in Australia. He came to Australia in 1949 to appear in Dream Girl on stage and decided to stay, becoming a writer at the ABC, on radio and TV.^[1] He was one of the key radio writers for Ron Roberts Productions.^[2]

He wrote some of the first TV dramas in Australia. He died in 1959 and his play The Break was produced after his death.^[3]

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• Dream Girl - actor
• His Excellency (1958) - TV play - writer
• Sorry, Wrong Number (1958) - TV play - writer
• Lady in Danger (1959) - TV play - writer
• The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) - TV play - writer
• Dinner with the Family (1959) - TV play - writer
• The Strong Are Lonely (1959) - TV play - writer
• Captain Carvallo (1959) - TV play - writer
• The Bust (1959) - play - writer
• The Break (1962) - play - writer