Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) born as Peter Magitai, was a British, and later Australian

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and screenwriter of television and film.

Biography

He was born in

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, to newspaper journalist Leo Magatai and wife Johanna, his family fled Vienna in the 1930s, and he changed his surname to enter the

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, and after having been posted to India, returned to Britain to work as an assistant director to

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'' and television series including '' Bellbird'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* '' Blind Spot'' (1958) * '' The Desperate Man'' (1959) * ''The Ghost Train Murder'' (1959) * '' The Long Shadow'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1963) * '' The Switch'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1971) * ''

Boney Boney may refer to: People *Boney James (born 1961), American jazz saxophonist *Brad Boney, American author of gay and lesbian fiction *George Frank Boney (1930-1972), Alaska Supreme Court justice *Hank Boney (1903–2002), Major League Baseball p ...

'' (1972 – 1st series: 7 eps. 1973 – 2nd series: 4 eps) * '' Polly Me Love'' (1976) * '' Plunge Into Darkness'' (1977) * '' Bailey's Bird'' (1979) (TV series) * '' Touch and Go'' (1980) * '' The Coast Town Kids'' (1980) *'' The Mystery at Castle House'' (1982) *'' Platypus Cove'' (1983)

References

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