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Ian Curteis Biography (1935-)

Full name, Ian Bayley Curteis; born May 1, 1935, in London, England; marriedDorothy Joan Armstrong, 1964 (divorced, 1984); married Joanna Trollope, 1985;children: (first marriage) Tobit, Mikol; stepchildren: Louise, Antonia. Addresses: Agent: David Higham Associates, Ltd., 5-8 Lower John St., Golden Square, London W1R 4HA, England.

Nationality

English

Occupation

screenwriter, director, actor

Birth Details

May 1, 1935

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Director
• The Projected Man, Universal, 1967.
• Credits; Television Work
• Creator of numerous drama series (also see below), including The Regiment; Doomwatch; Owen M.D.; Z-Cars; Barlow at Large; Sutherland's Law; Crown Court; Spytrap; Justice; The One in Line; Hadleigh; The Cedar Tree; The Duchess of Duke Street; Rough Justice; and The Prince Regent.
• Credits; Teleplays; Movies
• The Folly, Independent Television (ITV), 1968.
• The Haunting, ITV, 1969.
• Beethoven, BBC-TV, 1970.
• Sir Alexander Fleming, BBC-TV, 1970.
• A Distinct Chill, BBC-TV, 1971.
• Second Time Round, ITV, 1971.
• Long Voyage out of War (trilogy), BBC-TV, 1971, published by J. Calder, 1971.
• Mr. Rolls and Mr. Royce, BBC-TV, 1972.
• The Portland Millions, ITV, 1976.
• Philby, Burgess and Maclean, ITV, 1977.
• "Childhood," Great Performances, PBS, 1977.
• The Rudolph Hess Business, ITV, 1978.
• The Atom Spies, ITV, 1979.
• Churchill and the Generals, BBC-TV, 1979, published by BBC, 1979.
• Suez 1956, BBC-TV, 1979, published by BBC, 1979.
• Miss Morison's Ghosts, ITV, 1981.
• The Mitford Girls, ITV, 1981.
• The Falklands Play, published by Century Hutchinson, 1987.
• The Nightmare Years, TNT, 1989.
• Also author of television adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The ManWithin, 1983; author of teleplays The Trials of Lady Sackville, BBC-TV, The Contract (trilogy), Eureka, The Nightmare Years, andCecil Rhodes, 1990.
• Credits; Teleplays; Series
• People Like Us, LWE, 1978.
• Writer for numerous drama series, including The Regiment, Doomwatch, Owen M.D., Z-Cars, Barlow at Large, Sutherland's Law, Crown Court, Spytrap, Justice, The One in Line, Hadleigh, The Cedar Tree, The Duchess of Duke Street,Rough Justice, and The Prince Regent.
• Credits; Teleplays; Episodic
• "Lost Empires" (adaptation of J. B. Priestly's work of same title), Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987.
• Credits; Other
• A Personal Affair (play), produced at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1982, produced at Globe Theatre, London, 1982.
• Screenwriter for Man's Fate (adaptation of Andre Malraux's La Condition humaine), 1982, and Tom Paine, 1983.

Further Reference

Books

• Contemporary Authors, Volume 103, Gale, 1981.