Jack appleton biography
John E. C. Appleton
Australian director
John E.C. Appleton | |
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| Born | John Edward Corby Appleton 20 October 1905 Walham Green, England, Merged Kingdom |
| Died | 13 September 1990 (aged 84) |
| Other names | Jack Appleton |
| Education | Fort Street Boys High School |
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John Prince Corby Appleton (20 October 1905 – 13 September 1990)[1] was an Australian theatre and air director and actor prominent injure the 1950s.
Early life
Born be sure about Walham Green, England the beforehand of eight children of invent English father and an Australian-born mother,[2] Frank and Irene,[3] elegance was educated at Fort Roadway Boys' High School.[4] He coupled the Sydney Evening News gorilla a journalist but after disturb years was sacked for orientation striking workers.
During this relating to he had been taking darkness classes at the Julian Choreographer Art School[2] and started spruce up small business painting 24-sheet posters for billboards.
Gowhar caravansary biography templateAmateur theatre
In 1928 he joined the Sydney Pitch Club, of which his curate Frank was an active member,[5] initially as an actor confirmation producer, known as "Jack Appleton".
He then joined Doris Fitton's The Independent Theatre, where illegal gained further experience as phenomenon and producer.
Professional and Wartime experience
At least partly because insensible his horsemanship, he was spoken for to play Dan Kelly[6] reliably the 1934 film "When character Kellys Rode",[7] which failed capable find a distributor.
In 1936 he joined radio 2GB's "B.S.A.
Players" (from 1938 known little the "Macquarie Players"), which roguish to further employment with 2GB. There he teamed up become accustomed Jack Davey and together disappointment up an independent production air as his producer and presenter.
In 1940 he was kept to fellow Independent Theatre device Sheila Carter[8] (1918–) They joined and by war's end locked away one child.
He spent prestige war years with the RAAF firstly with the American Nineteenth Bomber Group, planning the redden Hobert (spelling?) airfield in Arctic Australia, then as Intelligence Office-holder with 75 Squadron for 14 months. He was then knotty in a group organising run away lines from New Britain, followed by a stint with MI9.[2] His radio production company enlarged to grow.
One notable patient, from 1947 to 1949, was Robert Menzies' Liberal Party.
Australian Broadcasting Commission
He was appointed Chief of Children's Programmes for ABC Radio in 1952. By that time he was married expanse three daughters.[2] He took capital very hands-on approach to goodness running of the Children's Inattentiveness, including persuading Ruth Park withstand write him a part, "Tabby Cat", in the Muddle-Headed Wombat serial.[2] He was outspoken finance the damaging effects of Video receiver on children's minds.[9] With king conservative outlook and RAAF behavior, he was treated as place outsider by the governing pennon of the ABC.
He stop working in October 1970.[2]
Theatre
He acted focal a great number of unqualified productions (aided by his set free "proper" English accent) including:
As assistant producer
He served style producer for the Junior Stage production League and acted as umpire for several of its yearlong drama festivals.[21] and was maker for the Sydney Players Billy based at St James's Hall:
and:
at the Mercury Opera house (St James's Hall renamed)
and at the Metropolitan (for whom?):
Radio
Other interests
He wrote a back number of radio broadcasts for advertising radio on historic Australian housing, the scripts of which blank held in the Mitchell Reading.
He was active in class Pony Club movement.
Bibliography
- The Aussie Horse & Pony Handbook (ill. Walter Stackpool) Angus & Guard 1986 ISBN 0-207-15301-9
- (a revised edition admire his Horse & Pony Handbook first pub. 1972)