Hartney Arthur

Hartney J. Arthur (29 December 1917 – 24 March 2004) was an Australian actor, writer and film director, who worked in stage, radio and film.

Hartney Arthur
Born
Hartney J. Arthur

29 December 1917
Hobart, Tasmania
Died24 March 2004
Bethel, Connecticut
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor, Writer Director

Biography

He was born in Hobart Tasmania, and appeared as a convict boy in For the Term of his Natural Life (1927). He went into work in Sydney radio and theater as a writer, director and actor, and toured New Zealand in the title role of Charley's Aunt. He later directed Peter Finch in Red Sky at Morning (1944) and managed a chain of theaters in New South Wales.[1][2]

In 1949 he moved to the U.S. and worked for the Australian Information Bureau and as a theater and film agent.[3][4] He died in Bethel, Connecticut on 24 March 2004, aged 86.[5]

Select Credits
  • For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) – film – actor
  • Roundabout (1937) – play – actor[6]
  • Private Lives by Noël Coward (1939) – play – actor[7]
  • A Yank in Australia (1942) – film – actor
  • Red Sky at Morning (1944) – film – writer, director
  • Flicka Daze – book[8]
  • West Side Story (1960) – director of Australian production[9] Hartney is a distant relative of Australian movie producer Phillip Avalon.
gollark: Very little.
gollark: It is a somewhat unpleasant UI.
gollark: You define matrices, hit AC, and then use the "optn" menu to put in "MatA" through "MatD".
gollark: Anyway, the tungsten cube hype is just generated by the tungsten cube conspiracy.
gollark: Great!

References
  1. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 197
  2. "Golden Opportunity For Australian Writers". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 November 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. 'Hartney J. Arthur Obituary', Daily Variety, 26 May 2004
  4. "U.N. VISIT". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 27 December 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  5. "Hartney J. Arthur, Obituary". New York Times. 28 March 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. ""ROUNDABOUT."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 April 1937. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  7. ""PRIVATE LIVES."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  8. "Book News". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 August 1945. p. 10 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  9. "Offbeat musical on street gangs". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 19 October 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2012.


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