Johnny Whyte
{{Short description|English screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Johnny Whyte
| birth_place = England, United Kingdom
| death_date = 1985
| occupation = Screenwriter, executive television producer
| known_for = Coronation Street, The Mavis Bramston Show, Number 96
}}
Johnny Whyte (died 1985)Giles, Nigel "NUMBER 96: Australia's Most Notorious Address" published by Melbourne Books, paperback 2007 {{ISBN|978-1-925556-00-1}} was an English-born television screenwriter, who was considered a specialist in drama, best known for working on soap opera Coronation Street, having immigrated to Australia, he served as a script editor, as well as an executive producer on The Mavis Bramston Show and Australian soap opera Number 96.{{Cite web | url=http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/number96.html |title = Aussie Soap Archive: Number 96|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418215230/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/number96.html|archive-date = 2020-04-18}}
Selected credits
- Coronation Street (1961–62)
- The Des O'Connor Show (1963)
- The Dickie Henderson Show (1964) – writer
- A Home of Your Own (1964)
- Number 96 – script editor, writer, executive producer
- The Unisexers (1975) – writer, development
- Arcade (1980) – script editor{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43459215 |title="Arcade". |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |date=23 January 1980 |accessdate=18 October 2015 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- The Mavis Bramston Show - Executive Producer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0926680}}
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Category:English television writers
Category:20th-century English screenwriters
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