Paul O'Loughlin was an Australian actor and director. He directed some of the first television plays in Australia after having joined the

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(ABC) in the 1930s. He directed numerous stage plays.

Biography

O'Loughlin was born and educated in Melbourne and worked in Brisbane and Adelaide. He served in the

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and married actress Maiva Drummond in 1942. The couple had met in Melbourne in 1935 in the cast of

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's production of

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's '' Sheppey''. He directed the first Australian television drama play ''The Twelve Pound Look''.

Credits (selected)

*'' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1956) *''

The Passionate Pianist ''The Passionate Pianist'' is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. This was part of ABC's twice monthly presentations of live plays during the late-1950s (one live play each month in ...

'' (1957) *'' Three Cornered Moon'' (1957) *'' Sunday Costs Five Pesos'' (1957) *'' A Phoenix Too Frequent'' (1957) *''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...

'' (1957) *'' Miss Mabel'' (1958) *'' Act of Violence'' (1959)

References

External links

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