John Pickard (writer)

John Pickard (1910–1995) was an Australian actor and writer who moved to the US in 1935 and enjoyed considerable success writing for radio in America.[1]

Pickard broke into Australian radio as an actor and writer while still in his teens.[2] He appeared in the film The Silence of Dean Maitland but was mostly a radio actor and writer.[3] In America he often worked in collaboration with Frank Provo.[4]

In 1969 they joined the faculty of Simon's Rock College and taught dramatic writing.[5]

Select credits

  • The Tomb of Osiris (1928) – radio play – writer
  • Master Wayfarer (1930) – radio – actor[6]
  • Outlawry Under the Gums (1933) – radio series – writer
  • What Would You Do? (1934) – radio series – writer[7]
  • The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) – actor
  • For the Term of His Natural life (1934) – radio – writer/actor[8]
  • Young Doctor Malone (1938) – radio serial – writer
  • My Son and I- radio serial – writer
  • Wendy Warren and the News- radio serial – writer
  • Hospital on The Thames (1941) – radio serial – writer
  • From These Roots (1958–61) – writer

References

  1. ^ "AMERICA ACCLAIMS AUSTRALIAN RADIO ARTIST". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XVII, no. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 7 December 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 12, 1935), "RE-WRITING for RADIO", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-732814724, retrieved 22 August 2025 – via Trove
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: The Silence of Dean Maitland". Filmink. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Was Young Dr Malone a Quack?". The Berkshire Eagle. 18 September 1963. p. 28.
  5. ^ "Frank Provo dies at 62". The Berkshire Eagle. 21 November 1975. p. 13.
  6. ^ "THE RADIO WORLD". Chronicle. Vol. LXXII, no. 3, 834. South Australia. 13 March 1930. p. 31. Retrieved 22 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "LISTENING IN ON RADIO". The Labor Daily. No. 3723. New South Wales, Australia. 11 November 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Left Law For Radio". The Labor Daily. No. 3490. New South Wales, Australia. 11 February 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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