Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)
Writer | Script Department | Actor
Filmography
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Known For
Da Writer (1988) -
Widows' Peak Writer (1994) -
Maupassant Writer (1963) -
Known For
Interlude Writer (1968) -
Writer
Heaven (2007) -
Widows' Peak (1994)
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Alleyn Mysteries (1993) -
Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991)
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Storyboard (1989)
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Da (1988)
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The Irish R.M. (1985) -
A Life (1984)
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Good Behaviour (1983)
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![Strumpet City]( "Strumpet City")
Strumpet City (1980) -
![Wuthering Heights]( "Wuthering Heights")
Wuthering Heights (1978) -
![London Belongs to Me]( "London Belongs to Me")
London Belongs to Me (1977) -
![Nicholas Nickleby]( "Nicholas Nickleby")
Nicholas Nickleby (1977) -
![The Lively Arts]( "The Lively Arts")
The Lively Arts (1977) -
![Three Piece Suite]( "Three Piece Suite")
Three Piece Suite (1977) -
![Father Brown]( "Father Brown")
Father Brown (1974) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre (1962-1974) -
Fine Girl You Are (1973)
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Black and Blue (1973)
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![7 of 1]( "7 of 1")
7 of 1 (1973) -
![Country Matters]( "Country Matters")
Country Matters (1972-1973) -
![Our Miss Fred]( "Our Miss Fred")
Our Miss Fred (1972) -
Tales from the Lazy Acre (1972)
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![BBC Play of the Month]( "BBC Play of the Month")
BBC Play of the Month (1972) -
![The Moonstone]( "The Moonstone")
The Moonstone (1972) -
The Sinners (1970-1971)
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Me Mammy (1968-1971)
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![ITV Sunday Night Theatre]( "ITV Sunday Night Theatre")
ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1971) -
![Shadows of Fear]( "Shadows of Fear")
Shadows of Fear (1971) -
![Percy]( "Percy")
Percy (1971) -
![Six Dates with Barker]( "Six Dates with Barker")
Six Dates with Barker (1971) -
Sentimental Education (1970)
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![W. Somerset Maugham]( "W. Somerset Maugham")
W. Somerset Maugham (1969-1970) -
![Dombey and Son]( "Dombey and Son")
Dombey and Son (1969) -
![Detective]( "Detective")
Detective (1968-1969) -
The Possessed (1969)
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![Great Catherine]( "Great Catherine")
Great Catherine (1968) -
![Sherlock Holmes]( "Sherlock Holmes")
Sherlock Holmes (1968) -
![The Jazz Age]( "The Jazz Age")
The Jazz Age (1968) -
![Love Story]( "Love Story")
Love Story (1964-1968) -
![Comedy Playhouse]( "Comedy Playhouse")
Comedy Playhouse (1968) -
![Interlude]( "Interlude")
Interlude (1968) -
Nicholas Nickleby (1968)
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![Late Night Horror]( "Late Night Horror")
Late Night Horror (1968) -
![The Ronnie Barker Playhouse]( "The Ronnie Barker Playhouse")
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968) -
![Half Hour Story]( "Half Hour Story")
Half Hour Story (1968) -
![Thirty-Minute Theatre]( "Thirty-Minute Theatre")
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965-1967) -
![Wuthering Heights]( "Wuthering Heights")
Wuthering Heights (1967) -
Liebesgeschichten (1967)
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![Great Expectations]( "Great Expectations")
Great Expectations (1967) -
![Out of the Unknown]( "Out of the Unknown")
Out of the Unknown (1966) -
![The Informer]( "The Informer")
The Informer (1966) -
![Public Eye]( "Public Eye")
Public Eye (1966) -
![Thirteen Against Fate]( "Thirteen Against Fate")
Thirteen Against Fate (1966) -
![The Wednesday Play]( "The Wednesday Play")
The Wednesday Play (1966) -
![Insurrection]( "Insurrection")
Insurrection (1966) -
Peli-ilta (1966)
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The Liars (1966)
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![Blackmail]( "Blackmail")
Blackmail (1965) -
![Undermind]( "Undermind")
Undermind (1965) -
![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week (1960-1965) -
The Hidden Truth (1964)
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Triangle (1964)
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Story Parade (1964)
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![First Night]( "First Night")
First Night (1964) -
![Festival]( "Festival")
Festival (1963) -
Maupassant (1963)
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Jezebel ex UK (1963)
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![The Verdict Is Yours]( "The Verdict Is Yours")
The Verdict Is Yours (1963) -
Saki (1962)
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Family Solicitor (1961)
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![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse (1961) -
Writer
![Broth of a Boy]( "Broth of a Boy")
Broth of a Boy (1959) -
Actor
![Da]( "Da")
Da Pallbearer (1988) -
Actor
![Festival]( "Festival")
Festival Crony (1963) -
Script and Continuity Department
![The Verdict Is Yours]( "The Verdict Is Yours")
The Verdict Is Yours (1962-1963) -
Script and Continuity DepartmentFamily Solicitor (1961)
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Additional Crew
![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week (1962) -
Archive footage
All Filmography
Awards
1 win.Did You Know
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."
Quotes
Being an Irish writer both hampers and helps me. Hampers, because one is fighting the preconceptions of audiences who have been conditioned to expect feyness and parochial subject matter; helps, because the writer can utilise a vigorous and poetic ...
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
John Joseph Byrne
Dublin, Ireland
Died
(age 82)
Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
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