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William Pettigrew Templeton (7 June 1913 – 23 October 1973) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter who made a major contribution to the Golden Age of Television〔WIlliam Templeton credits listings in the (Museum of Broadcast Communications )〕〔''The Golden Age of Television'' l (Definition by LA Times )〕 writing a string of episodic dramas for American prime time television during the 1950s and 1960s,〔William Templeton (credits listings on Internet Movie Database )〕 a time when many hour-long anthology drama series received wide critical acclaim. As Gore Vidal pointed out with uncharacteristically glowing enthusiasm in 1956, it was also the "Golden Age for the Dramatist". William had a long film career both in the UK and the US. His adaptation of ''The Fallen Idol'' (also known as ''The Lost Illusion'') a 1948 film with Ralph Richardson directed by Carol Reed and based on the short story ''The Basement Room'' by Graham Greene was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.〔The Fallen Idol (Film feature on BFI website )〕 ==Early life== Templeton wrote his way out of the Gorbals slums on the south bank of the River Clyde Glasgow by being one of the youngest playwrights to have a production performed in the West End of London. At 20 he wrote a One Act play ''The King's Spaniel'' which ran at the Royal Lyceum Theatre and then at 24, his first three-act play, ''Circus Murder'', was picked up and produced by Jevan Brandon Thomas at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1937 and then quickly exported to London by the producer Esme Church for a run at the New Theatre (1938) under the title ''The Painted Smile''. Theatre critic WA Darlington〔WA Darlington, Theatre critic of the Daily Telegraph (Listing on Internet Movie Database )〕 of ''The Daily Telegraph'' called it'' "a cleverly created illusion"''. From his new London base, Templeton continued to write a string of successful West End plays, including: *(1946) ''Exercise Bowler'' – (Arts & Scala Theatres) produced by Alec Clunes *(1948) ''The Ivory Tower'' – (The Vaudeville Theatre) produced by Charles B. Cochran *(1950) ''You Won't Need the Halo'' (Arts Theatre) produced by Alec Clunes *(1954) ''Keep in a Cool Place'' – (Saville Theatre) produced by Jevan Brandon Thomas 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Templeton (screenwriter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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