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Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Actor

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Won Broadway's 1978 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "Da." He was also twice nominated as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1974 for "The Au Pair Man" and in 1981 for "A Life." See more trivia »

Born:

John Joseph Byrne
in Dublin, Ireland

Died:

(age 82) in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
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1994 Widows' Peak (screenplay / story)
 
1993 Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
– Final Curtain (1993) (screenplay)
 
1991 Parnell & the Englishwoman (TV mini-series) (screenplay)
 
1989 Storyboard (TV series)
– Hunted Down (1989) (writer)
 
1988 Da (play "Da" and novel "Home Before Night" / screenplay)
 
1984 A Life (TV movie) (written by)
 
1983 Good Behaviour (TV movie)
 
1981 The Little World of Don Camillo (TV series)
– Part 12 (1981) (writer)
– Part 11 (1981) (writer)
– Part 10 (1981) (writer)
– Part 9 (1981) (writer)
– Part 8 (1981) (writer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1980 Strumpet City (TV series)
 
1978 Wuthering Heights (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.5 (1978) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.1 (1978) (dramatisation)
 
1977 London Belongs to Me (TV series)
– Episode #1.7 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.6 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.5 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.4 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.3 (1977) (writer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1977 Nicholas Nickleby (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.6 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.5 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.4 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.3 (1977) (writer)
– Episode #1.2 (1977) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 The Lively Arts (TV series)
– A Portrait of Sean O'Faolain (1977) (adaptations)
 
1974 Father Brown (TV series)
– The Secret Garden (1974)
– The Quick One (1974) (adaptation)
– The Actor and the Alibi (1974) (adaptation)
– The Three Tools of Death (1974) (adaptation)
– The Eye of Apollo (1974) (adaptation)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1962-1974 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Virgins (1974) (writer)
– Love Life (1967) (writer)
– The Big Blonde (1966) (writer)
– I Loved You Last Summer (1965) (writer)
– A Kind of Kingdom (1963) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973 Fine Girl You Are (TV movie) (adapted by)
 
1973 Black and Blue (TV series)
– High Kampf (1973) (writer)
 
1973 7 of 1 (TV series)
– Another Fine Mess (1973) (by)
 
1972-1973 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
– The Higgler (1973) (adaptation)
– The Little Farm (1973) (adaptation / writer)
– The Watercress Girl (1972) (writer)
– The Sullens Sisters (1972) (adaptation)
 
1972 The Watercress Girl (TV movie)
 
1972 Tales from the Lazy Acre (TV series)
– The Travelling Woman (1972) (written by)
– The Culchie (1972) (written by)
– The Last Great Pint Drinking Tournament (1972) (written by)
– The Bitter Pill (1972) (written by)
– Stone Cold Sober (1972) (written by)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1972 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
– Stephen D (1972) (adaptation)
 
1972 The Moonstone (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1972) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.4 (1972) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.3 (1972) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.2 (1972) (writer)
– Episode #1.1 (1972) (dramatisation)
 
1972 Our Miss Fred (screenplay)
 
1968-1971 Me Mammy (TV series)
– The Sacred Chemise of Miss Argyll (1971) (writer)
– Pilot (1968) (writer)
 
1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
– Pandora (1971) (writer)
– The Dead (1971) (adaptation)
 
1971 Shadows of Fear (TV series)
– White Walls and Olive Green Carpets (1971) (writer)
 
1971 Percy (screenplay)
 
1971 Six Dates with Barker (TV series)
– 1937: The Removals Person (1971) (writer)
 
1970 Sentimental Education (TV mini-series)
– The Philanderer (1970) (adaptation)
– The Red Rose and the White (1970) (adaptation)
– A Start to Loving (1970) (adaptation)
 
1969-1970 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
– Jane (1970) (dramatisation)
– P. and O. (1969) (dramatisation)
 
1969 Dombey and Son (TV mini-series)
– Dombey and Daughter (1969) (adaptation)
– Vengeance (1969) (adaptation)
– The Survivor (1969) (adaptation)
– Flight (1969) (adaptation)
– Mr. Dombey Rides for a Fall (1969) (adaptation)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1968-1969 Detective (TV series)
– Hunt the Peacock (1969) (dramatisation)
– A Man and His Mother-In-Law (1968) (dramatisation)
 
1969 The Possessed (TV mini-series)
– The Last Murder (1969) (writer)
– The Fire (1969) (writer)
– The Meeting (1969) (writer)
– The Convict (1969) (writer)
– The Cripple (1969) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1968 Great Catherine (writer)
 
1968 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
– The Hound of the Baskervilles: Part 2 (1968) (dramatisation)
– The Hound of the Baskervilles: Part 1 (1968) (dramatisation)
– A Study in Scarlet (1968) (dramatisation)
 
1968 The Jazz Age (TV series)
– The Assassin (1968) (adaptation)
 
1964-1968 Love Story (TV series)
– The Egg on the Face of the Tiger (1968) (writer)
– Toccota for Toy Trumpet (1965) (writer)
– The Last of the English Visitors (1964) (writer)
 
1968 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
– Me Mammy (1968) (writer)
 
1968 Interlude (written by)
 
1968 Nicholas Nickleby (TV mini-series)
– Smike's Father (1968) (adaptation)
– A Journey for Smike (1968) (adaptation)
– The Duel (1968) (adaptation)
– Madeline Bray (1968) (adaptation)
– Escape (1968) (adaptation)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1968 The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (TV series)
– Talk of Angels (1968) (writer)
 
1968 Late Night Horror (TV series)
– No Such Thing as a Vampire (1968) (writer)
 
1968 Half Hour Story (TV series)
– A View from the Obelisk (1968) (writer)
– Do You Play Requests? (1968) (writer)
 
1965-1967 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– A Time of Wolves and Tigers (1967) (writer)
– The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft (1965) (writer)
 
1967 Wuthering Heights (TV series)
– The Last Revenge (1967) (adaptation)
– The Abduction (1967) (adaptation)
– The First Revenge (1967) (adaptation)
– An End to Childhood (1967) (adaptation)
 
1967 Liebesgeschichten (TV series)
– Das Schiff nach Valparaiso (1967) (play)
 
1967 Great Expectations (TV series)
– Face to Face (1967) (teleplay)
– Retribution (1967) (teleplay)
– Estella's Father (1967) (teleplay)
– Pip's Benefactor (1967) (teleplay)
– Herbert's Warning (1967) (teleplay)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1966 Out of the Unknown (TV series)
– Satisfaction Guaranteed (1966) (adaptation)
– Second Childhood (1966) (writer)
 
1966 The Informer (TV series)
– Two for Joy (1966) (writer)
– One for Sorrow (1966) (writer)
 
1966 Public Eye (TV series)
– What's the Matter? Can't You Take a Sick Joke? (1966) (writer)
– It's a Terrible Way to Be (1966) (writer)
 
1966 Thirteen Against Fate (TV series)
– The Judge (1966) (writer)
– The Lodger (1966) (writer)
 
1966 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– The Retreat (1966) (writer)
– Silent Song (1966) (writer)
 
1966 Insurrection (TV mini-series)
– Friday, 28 April 1916: Do You Think We'll Win? (1966)
– Thursday, 27 April 1916: When We Are All Wiped Out (1966)
– 26 April 1916: Two Thousand Sherwood Foresters (1966)
– Tuesday, April 25 1916: Law and Self-Restraint (1966)
– Monday, 24 April 1916: We've Put Emmet in the shade (1966)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1966 Peli-ilta (TV movie) (play "The Poker Session")
 
1966 The Liars (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1966) (adaptation)
– Episode #1.2 (1966) (adaptation)
– Episode #1.1 (1966) (adaptation)
 
1965 Blackmail (TV series)
– The Red House (1965) (writer)
 
1965 Undermind (TV series)
– Death in England (1965) (written by)
 
1960-1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– Come Back Little Sheba (1965) (adaptation)
– Camino Real (1964) (adaptation)
– The Rose Tattoo (1964) (adaptation)
– Misalliance (1962) (adaptation)
– Over the Bridge (1961) (additional scenes)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 The Hidden Truth (TV series)
– Sweets to the Sweet (1964) (writer)
 
1964 First Night (TV series)
– The Second Wall (1964) (writer)
– My One True Love (1964) (writer)
 
1963 Maupassant (TV series)
– Consequences (1963) (adaptation)
– Fathers and Sons (1963) (adaptation)
– Bachelors (1963) (adaptation)
– Husbands and Wives (1963) (adaptation)
– The Inheritance (1963) (story adaption)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1963 Jezebel ex UK (TV series)
– Bitter Lemon in Biscay (1963) (writer)
 
1963 The Verdict Is Yours (TV series)
– Regina v Curry (1963) (writer)
 
1962 Saki (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.8 (1962) (adaptation)
– Episode #1.7 (1962) (adaptation)
– Episode #1.6 (1962) (adaptation)
– Episode #1.5 (1962) (adaptation)
– Episode #1.4 (1962) (adaptation)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
– A Walk on the Water (1961) (writer)
 
1959 Broth of a Boy (original play)
 
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1962-1963 The Verdict Is Yours (TV series) (script editor - 5 episodes)
– Regina v Curry (1963) (script editor)
– Henley v Bone (1963) (script editor)
– Regina v Leek (1963) (script editor)
– Regina v Middleton (1963) (script editor)
– Regina v Laurence (1962) (script editor)
 
1962 ITV Play of the Week (TV series) (script editor: series - 1 episode)
– The Apple Cart (1962) (script editor: series)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1988 Da
Pallbearer
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2005 3rd Irish Film and Television Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982-1983 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 June 1983 (1983) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 June 1983 (1983) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1982 (1982) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1993 In Flags or Flitters: Pictures of Dublin (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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(2001) His play, "The Life," was performed at the Circle Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Kevin Bellie was choreographer. See more »

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Personal Quote:

Ireland is my subject matter, but only to the degree in which I can use it as a microcosm; this involves choosing themes which are free of Catholicism and politics, both of which I detest and which deprive one's work of applicability outside Ireland. See more »

Trivia:

Won Broadway's 1978 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "Da." He was also twice nominated as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1974 for "The Au Pair Man" and in 1981 for "A Life." See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio