Philip Levene

Philip Levene (9 June 1926 – 25 March 1973) was an English television writer, actor, and producer.

Education and career Levene 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 to 1954.

Suffering from chronic ill health, he began writing radio plays in 1956. He used to work at the morgue before becoming a writer.

Levene wrote nineteen episodes of the 1960s television series The Avengers (winning a Writer's Guild Award) beginning in 1965, and served as script consultant for the series in 1968–69.

In 1967 and 1968, he created the television series Sanctuary and The First Lady.

He also contributed to the television series The Flying Doctor, The Invisible Man and the films The Firechasers and Deadly Strangers.

His stage play Kill Two Birds, a thriller with Roger Livesey and Renée Asherson, opened at London's St Martin's Theatre in 1962.

Writing credits Production Notes BroadcasterHour of Mystery"Sound Alibi" (1957)ITVThe Flying Doctor12 episodes (1959)ABC Weekend TVPasso falsoTV Movie/Novel (1959)The Invisible Man"Shadow on the Screen" (1959)ITVKnight Errant LimitedUnknown episodes (1959)ITVArmchair Theatre"Suspicious Mind" (1959)ITVEin AugenzeugeTV Movie/Novel (1959)Armchair Mystery Theatre"False Witness" (1960)ITVThe Pursuers"Master Key" (1961) "Suspect" (1961) "The Amateur" (1961) "The Gun" (1961)Destination – Fire! Radio drama, 3 series 1962–1966 BBCDrama 61-67"Drama '61: Torment" (1961) "Drama '62: Luck of the Draw" (1962) "Drama '63: Question of Guilt" (1963) "Drama '64: It's Sad About Eddie" (1964)ATVGhost Squad"The Retirement of the Gentle Dove" (1963) "The Man with the Delicate Hands" (1963)ITVSospecha"Regalo Postumo" (1964) "La Desconfiada Tia Ellen" (1971)TVENovela"Doble melodía" (1965)TVESrecan slucajTV Movie (1965)Thirty-Minute Theatre"Parson's Pleasure" (1965)BBC2The Avengers 19 episodes (1965–69)

"The Town of No Return" (1965) "The Cybernauts" (1965) "Man-Eater of Surrey Green" (1965) "Two's A Crowd" (1965) "Small Game for Big Hunters" (1966) "From Venus with Love" (1967) "The Fear Merchants" (1967) "Escape in Time" (1967) "The See-Through Man" (1967) "The Hidden Tiger" (1967) "Never, Never Say Die" (1967) "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (1967) "Who's Who?" (1967) "Return of the Cybernauts" (1967) "Death's Door" (1967) "You Have Just Been Murdered" (1967) "Mission: Highly Improbable" (1967) "The Curious Case of the Countless Clues" (1969) "My Wildest Dream" (1969) "Get-a-Way" (1969)ITVTante detectiveTV Movie (1966)Sanctuary26 episodes (1967–68; creator)

Acting credits Production Notes RoleThey Can't Hang MeFeature film (1955)BBC News Reader (uncredited)ITV Play of the Week"The Pay Off" (1955)Quatermass II"The Food" (1955)SupervisorThe Vise"Second Sight" (1955)Roy TempleTales from Soho"Slippy Fives" (1956)ManagerITV Television Playhouse"Morning Departure" (1956)Stoker MarksBBC Sunday Night Theatre"The Fugitive" (1956)Reach for the SkyFeature film (1956)Sgt Williams, Tangmere (uncredited)X the UnknownFeature film (1956)Security Man (uncredited)The Avengers"Who's Who?" (1967)Daffodil