James Workman (writer)

Workman was born in Scotland, and worked as a sailor and a policemen. He lived in South Africa, working for in radio before going to Australia for his wife's health. In Australia he worked as an actor at first, mostly on stage, before becoming a radio writer for Gordon Grimsdale.[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=1;parentid=;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F55334-1%22;querytype=;rec=4;resCount=10 James Workman interview] at National Film and Sound Archive{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Lane|title=The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|year=2000 |pages= 65–68 }}

Workman died on 28 March 2001, at the age of 89.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121577924/?article=bd3734bf-15b6-4bfa-822c-1e3967dcf4b4|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald

|date=30 March 2001|title=Deaths| page =28}}

• Into the Straight (1948) - actor

• ITV Television Playhouse - "2000 Minus 60" (1958) - TV play - writer
• Press Gang (1959) - TV series
• Reflections in Dark Glasses (1960) – TV play - writer{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-reflections-in-dark-glasses/|magazine=Filmink|title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Reflections in Dark Glasses|first= Stephen|last= Vagg|date=March 20, 2021|access-date=August 2, 2024}}
• Armchair Theatre - "Cold Fury" (1960)
• In Writing (1961) – actor
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - "Apex" (1962) - writer
• Malibu Playhouse - "Finger on the Pulse" (1963) - writer
• Contrabandits - ep "Target, Smokehouse"
• Motel (1967) – writer
• Skippy – writer
• The Long Arm (1970) – writer
• Behind the Legend (1973) "Melba", "Charles Ulm" - writer
• Number 96 - writer
• Class of '74 - writer
• The Tichborne Affair (1978) – writer

• The Apologetic Tiger (1958)
• Lucifer at Ponsfordville (1959)
• Face of Fortune (1961)
• Impact (1962)
• the Mad Surgeon (1962)
• Shock Stories (1962)
• The Captain from Goondiwindi (1962)
• Havoc (1962)
• Sweet Taste of Venom (1963)
• Cleopatra of Egypt (1963)
• the Navy's here (1963)
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1963)
• The Witch Hunters (1963)
• Sin in Hong Kong (1965)
• Dragon Ships (1965)
• Genghis Khan (1965)
• Sin in Hong Kong (1965)
• Charge of the Light Brigade (1966)
• The Mad Emperor (1966)
• Sex and the Soviet Spy (1966)
• Attila the Hun (1967)
• The Courtesans (1967)
• Zenobia, Empress of Lust (1967)
• The Beautiful Beast of Buchenwald James Workman (1968)
• Shark Bait (1968)

• Thirty Minutes to Go (1951–54) - various episodes
• The Last Miracle (1953)
• Mirror Mirror on the Wall (1954){{cite magazine

| title=Mirror, Mirror on the Wall |department=Commercial

|magazine=The ABC Weekly

|volume=16 |issue=24 |date=12 June 1954

|page=25

| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1677801556

| id=nla.obj-1677801556

| access-date=1 May 2023

| via=Trove

}}

• L'innoue The innocent (1954){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245575570 |title=Worth hearing |newspaper=The Herald |issue=((24,027)) |location=Victoria, Australia |date=31 May 1954 |access-date=1 May 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• This is My Play (1954){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248941692 |title=AROUND THE DIAL |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=XIX |issue=227 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 December 1954 |access-date=1 May 2023 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• A Moment of Peril (1956)
• The Big Squeeze (1956) - series - writer, director
• Deadline (1957) - series - writer, director
• The Key (1958) - series - writer
• Call Box (1959) - writer
• Countdown - writer
• Timber Ridge - writer
• Odette - writer

• Finding Facts - writer

• various plays as actor for the Globe Player in Sydney in 1949
• various productions as actor for John Alden Company in 1951-1952 including Hamlet
• Eternal Night (1954) - writer{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248933633 |title=Stark play at theatre |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=XIX |issue=106 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 July 1954 |access-date=1 May 2023 |page=33 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• The Passion Play actor (1963){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104590339 |title=Audience Of 7,000 Sees Passion Play |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=37 |issue=((10,481)) |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=11 March 1963 |access-date=1 May 2023 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• Cold Cure - writer
• The Tichborne inheritance : a play in two acts - writer
• Brain drain [manuscript] : a play in one act - writer
• Shut-up and Strip [manuscript] : a play in one act - writer
• See you at Philippi (1973) - writer
• The old poisoner [manuscript] : a play in two acts - writer
• Breadfruit for breakfast [manuscript] : a play in two acts - writer
• Possession [manuscript] : a play in one act / - writer

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22262 James Workman] at Austlit
• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941463/?ref_=tt_ov_wr James Workman] at IMDb
• [http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F55334-1%22;querytype=;resCount=10 James Workman] at National Film and Sound Archive

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