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Paul O'Loughlin was an Australian actor and director. He directed some of the first television plays in Australia. He joined the ABC in the 1930s. He directed numerous stage plays.^[1]

He was born and educated in Melbourne and worked in Brisbane and Adelaide.^[2]

O'Loughlin served in the RAAF in WWII and married actress Maiva Drummond in 1942.^[3] The couple had met in Melbourne in 1935 in the cast of Gregan McMahon's production of Sheppey.^[4]

He directed the first Australian television drama play The Twelve Pound Look.^[5]

Select credits

The Twelve Pound Look (1956)
The Passionate Pianist (1957)
Three Cornered Moon (1957)
Sunday Costs Five Pesos (1957)
A Phoenix Too Frequent (1957)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1957)
Miss Mabel (1958)
Act of Violence (1959)

References

^ "The PRIVATE EYE of TV". ABC Weekly. 20 July 1957. pp. 4–5.
^ "PAUL O'LOUGHLIN, PRODUCER". The Northern Champion. Vol. 29. New South Wales, Australia. 13 September 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "My Husband "We've known what it was to struggle for a living"", ABC Weekly, 9 (46), Australian Broadcasting Commission, 15 November 1947, retrieved 1 January 2022
^ "Players, Plays and Pictures". The Herald. No. 18, 170. Victoria, Australia. 10 August 1935. p. 28. Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Vagg, Stephen (30 January 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Twelve Pound Look". Filmink. Retrieved 13 August 2024.