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Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Actor

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He started using his pen name in the 1950s. At that time he worked in the civil service, and he wanted to hide his identity as an outspoken writer. 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:

He started using his pen name in the 1950s. At that time he worked in the civil service, and he wanted to hide his identity as an outspoken writer. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio