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Ralph Smart
British film director

Ralph Smart

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British film director
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United Kingdom Great Britain
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Film director Screenwriter Writer Film producer
Work field
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature
Gender
Male
Birth
1 January 1908, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death
12 February 2001, Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia (aged 93 years)
Age
93 years
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Biography

Ralph Foster Smart OAM (27 August 1908 – 12 February 2001) was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in England to Australian parents.

Biography

He found work in Britain with Anthony Asquith and later alongside the film director Michael Powell, whom he assisted with "Quota quickies": low-budget B-pictures to meet a legal commitment to the British film industry.

During the Second World War, Smart joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 and served until 1945. Afterwards he worked for the Rank Organisation and Ealing Studios, returning to Australia to direct several films beginning with The Overlanders and including Bitter Springs (1950), addressing the mistreatment of young Aborigines.

Back again in Britain, he became an influential figure in ITC television, remembered as the creator and producer of Danger Man, also known as Secret Agent in the United States. He produced, directed or wrote a number of television series and films, including the 1950s series The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Invisible Man.

In 2000 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for "services to the development of the Australian film industry."

He retired to Australia, and died on 12 February 2001, in Bowen, Queensland.

Selected Filmography

  • A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) - uncredited
  • Sweet Success (short film; 1936) - director
  • South West Pacific (1943) - actor
  • Island Target (1945) - documentary
  • The Overlanders (1946) - associate producer
  • Bush Christmas (1947) - director, producer, writer
  • Quartet (anthology film, segment The Facts of Life; 1948)
  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) - director
  • Curtain Up (1952) - director
  • The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958) - director
  • Robin Hood: The Movie (TV film; 1991) - co-director

Writing credits

ProductionNotesBroadcaster
The Woodpigeon Patrol
  • Feature film (co-written and directed with F.R. Lucas, 1930)
N/A
The Star Reporter
  • Short film (co-written with Philip MacDonald, 1932)
N/A
Hotel Splendide
  • Short film (co-written with Philip MacDonald, 1932)
N/A
C.O.D
  • Feature film (co-written with Philip MacDonald, 1932)
N/A
His Lordship
  • Feature film (1932)
N/A
Born Lucky
  • Feature film (1933)
N/A
The Night of the Party
  • Feature film (co-written with Roland Pertwee, 1935)
N/A
The Phantom Light
  • Feature film (co-written with J Jefferson Farjeon and Austin Melford, 1935)
N/A
Crime Unlimited
  • Feature film (co-written with Brock Williams, 1935)
N/A
Convict 99
  • Feature film (co-written with Cyril Campion, Jack Davis Jr., Marriott Edgar and Val Guest, 1938)
N/A
Alf's Button Afloat
  • Feature film (co-written with Marriott Edgar and Val Guest, 1938)
N/A
The Good Old Days
  • Feature film (co-written with Austin Melford and John Dighton, 1940)
N/A
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
  • Feature film (co-written with Marriott Edgar and J.O.C. Orton, 1940)
N/A
Bush Christmas
  • Feature film (also directed, 1947)
N/A
Eureka Stockade
  • Feature film (co-written with Walter Greenwood and Harry Watt, 1949) (additional scenes)
N/A
Bitter Springs
  • Feature film (co-written with Monja Danischewsky and W. P. Lipscomb, 1950)
N/A
Where No Vultures Fly
  • Feature film (co-written with W. P. Lipscomb and Leslie Norman, 1951)
N/A
Never Take No for an Answer
  • Feature film (co-written and directed with Maurice Cloche, 1951)
N/A
Always a Bride
  • Feature film (co-written with Peter Jones, 1953)
N/A
The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • 8 episodes (1956–1957)
ITV
The Flying Scot
  • Feature film (co-written with Norman Hudis and Jan Read, 1957)
N/A
The Adventures of William Tell
  • 12 episodes (also producer, 1958–1959)
ITV
The Invisible Man
  • 6 episodes (also producer, 1959)
ITV
Danger Man
  • 27 episodes (1960–1962)
ITV
Secret Agent
  • 14 episodes (1964–1966)
ITV
Koroshi
  • Television film (1968)
N/A
The Champions
  • "To Trap a Rat" (1968)
  • "Get Me Out of Here!" (1969)
ITV
Riptide
  • 8 episodes (1969)
Seven Network
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
  • "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner" (1969)
  • "But What a Sweet Little Room" (1969)
ITV
The Protectors
  • "The Numbers Game" (1972)
ITV
Elephant Boy
  • 13 episodes (co-written with Tony Morphett, Ted Roberts, David Whitaker and Ian Stuart Black, 1973)
Seven Network
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Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929

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Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929

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