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'''Michael Plant''' (1930-65) was an Australian screenwriter, actor and producer best known for co-creating ''[[Whiplash (TV series)|Whiplash]]''.
''The Bulletin'' said on his death in 1965 that Plant "had left as big an impression on Australian viewing habits as any one man in the industry’s brief history."<ref name="bull"/>
==Biography==
Plant, the son of Major-General [[Eric Plant]], was educated in Canberra and at The Scots College, Sydney. Plant started writing and producing radio plays while still at high school.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) </ref> According to one obituary, "At 15, and still in short pants, Michael Plant presented himself at the office of a Sydney radio producer, insisting that he wanted to be a scriptwriter. He was given a script outline to work on and returned the next morning with a story which is still remembered as “brilliant”.<ref name="bull">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He worked for [[Grace Gibson]] as a writer, actor and producer then moved to London. A play he co-wrote ''[[Miss Isobel]]'' was performed on Broadway. He wrote for several American television series before returning to Australia in 1964. His final job was as executive producer over 28 episodes of the ''[[Mavis Bramston Show]]''.
==Death==
He died age 33. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) </ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) </ref> Police were told that he had had been working up to 80 hours a week on the production of the show, and that there were no suspicious circumstances to his death.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==TV Select Credits==
*''[[The Veil]]'' (1958) - writer episode "Jack the Ripper"
*''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' (1959) - writer
*''[[Men into Space]]'' (1959-60) - writer
*''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'' (1960) - episode "Find My Face"
*''[[The Detectives (1959 TV series)|The Detectives]]'' (1960) - episode "Floating Face Down"
*''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'' (1961) - episode "High Tension" - story
*''[[Whiplash (TV series)|Whiplash]]'' (1960-61) - co creator, story editor, writer
*''[[Jonah (TV series)|Jonah]]'' (1963) - story editor, writer
*''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]'' (1965) - producer
==Other Writing==
*''Rube Knew All About Art'' (1949) - winner ABC radio short story competition<ref></ref>
*''They Lied to Henry Wilson'' (1950) - radio producer<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
*''[[Miss Isobel]]'' (1957) - play
==As actor==
*''Dear Charles'' (1955) theatre
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2xwmGCN Michael Plant] at [[IMDB]]
[[Category:Australian screenwriters]]
''The Bulletin'' said on his death in 1965 that Plant "had left as big an impression on Australian viewing habits as any one man in the industry’s brief history."<ref name="bull"/>
==Biography==
Plant, the son of Major-General [[Eric Plant]], was educated in Canberra and at The Scots College, Sydney. Plant started writing and producing radio plays while still at high school.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) </ref> According to one obituary, "At 15, and still in short pants, Michael Plant presented himself at the office of a Sydney radio producer, insisting that he wanted to be a scriptwriter. He was given a script outline to work on and returned the next morning with a story which is still remembered as “brilliant”.<ref name="bull">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He worked for [[Grace Gibson]] as a writer, actor and producer then moved to London. A play he co-wrote ''[[Miss Isobel]]'' was performed on Broadway. He wrote for several American television series before returning to Australia in 1964. His final job was as executive producer over 28 episodes of the ''[[Mavis Bramston Show]]''.
==Death==
He died age 33. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) </ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) </ref> Police were told that he had had been working up to 80 hours a week on the production of the show, and that there were no suspicious circumstances to his death.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==TV Select Credits==
*''[[The Veil]]'' (1958) - writer episode "Jack the Ripper"
*''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' (1959) - writer
*''[[Men into Space]]'' (1959-60) - writer
*''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'' (1960) - episode "Find My Face"
*''[[The Detectives (1959 TV series)|The Detectives]]'' (1960) - episode "Floating Face Down"
*''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'' (1961) - episode "High Tension" - story
*''[[Whiplash (TV series)|Whiplash]]'' (1960-61) - co creator, story editor, writer
*''[[Jonah (TV series)|Jonah]]'' (1963) - story editor, writer
*''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]'' (1965) - producer
==Other Writing==
*''Rube Knew All About Art'' (1949) - winner ABC radio short story competition<ref></ref>
*''They Lied to Henry Wilson'' (1950) - radio producer<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
*''[[Miss Isobel]]'' (1957) - play
==As actor==
*''Dear Charles'' (1955) theatre
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2xwmGCN Michael Plant] at [[IMDB]]
[[Category:Australian screenwriters]]
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