| Philip Levene | |
| Birth Date: | 1926 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Alma Mater: | Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation: | Television screenwriter, actor, television producer |
Philip Levene (9 June 1926 – 25 March 1973) was an English television writer, actor, and producer.[1] He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art and subsequent work included a small role in Brian Rix's long running Whitehall farce Reluctant Heroes in the West End from 1950-1954.[2] Suffering from chronic ill health, he began writing radio plays in 1956.[3] [4] He used to work at the morgue before becoming a writer. Levene wrote nineteen episodes of the 1960s British television series The Avengers (winning a Writer's Guild Award), and served as script consultant for the series in 1968–69.[5] [6] [7]
In 1967 and 1968 he created the TV series Sanctuary and The First Lady.
He also contributed to British television series The Flying Doctor, The Invisible Man and films The Firechasers and Deadly Strangers.[8]
His stage play Kill Two Birds, a thriller with Roger Livesey and Renée Asherson, opened at London's St Martin's Theatre in 1962.[9] [10]
| Production | Notes | Broadcaster | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hour of Mystery |
| ITV | |
| The Flying Doctor |
| ABC Weekend TV | |
| Passo falso |
| ||
| The Invisible Man |
| ITV | |
| Knight Errant Limited |
| ITV | |
| Armchair Theatre |
| ITV | |
| Ein Augenzeuge |
| ||
| Armchair Mystery Theatre |
| ITV | |
| The Pursuers |
| ||
| Drama 61-67 |
| ATV | |
| Ghost Squad |
| ITV | |
| Sospecha |
| TVE | |
| Novela |
| TVE | |
| Srecan slucaj |
| ||
| Thirty-Minute Theatre |
| BBC2 | |
| The Avengers | 19 episodes (1965–69)
| ITV | |
| Tante detective |
| ||
| Sanctuary |
| ITV | |
| The First Lady |
| BBC1 | |
| Who-Dun-It |
| ATV | |
| Mister Jerico |
| ||
| Teatro de misterio |
| TVE | |
| The Firechasers |
| N/A | |
| Suspicion |
| ATV | |
| Deadly Strangers |
| N/A | |
| Diagnosis: Murder |
| N/A |
| Production | Notes | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| They Can't Hang Me |
| BBC News Reader (uncredited) | |
| ITV Play of the Week |
| ||
| Quatermass II |
| Supervisor | |
| The Vise |
| Roy Temple | |
| Tales from Soho |
| Manager | |
| ITV Television Playhouse |
| Stoker Marks | |
| BBC Sunday Night Theatre |
| ||
| Reach for the Sky |
| Sgt Williams, Tangmere (uncredited) | |
| X the Unknown |
| Security Man (uncredited) | |
| The Avengers |
| Daffodil |