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

Biography

He was born in

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, and appeared as a

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boy in ''

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'' (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

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in '' Red Sky at Morning'' (1944) and managed a chain of theaters in

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.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 197 In 1949 he moved to the U.S. and worked for the Australian Information Bureau and as a theater and film agent. He died in Bethel, Connecticut on 24 March 2004, aged 86.

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For the Term of His Natural Life ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' is a story written by Marcus Clarke and published in ''The Australian Journal'' between 1870 and 1872 (as ''His Natural Life''). It was published as a novel in 1874 and is the best known novelisation of life ...

'' (1927) – film – actor *''Roundabout'' (1937) – play – actor *''Private Lives'' by

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

(1939) – play – actor *'' A Yank in Australia'' (1942) – film – actor *'' Red Sky at Morning'' (1944) – film – writer, director *''Flicka Daze'' – book *''

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'' (1960) – director of Australian production Hartney is a distant relative of Australian movie producer Phillip Avalon.

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Hartney J. Arthur theatre credits
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