Ralph Smart (Writing)
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Works
The Protectors
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.
Release Date:1972-09-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:11
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.
Release Date:1969-09-21
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:17
The Champions
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
Release Date:1968-09-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:19
Whiplash
Whiplash is a British/Australian television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1959-60, the series was first broadcast in September 1960 in the United Kingdom followed by Australia in February 1961 and had opening titles featuring the Australian locale and terrain and a dozen wild kangaroos as a Cobb & Co stage passed pulled by a team of five horses driven by Cobb himself.
Release Date:1961-02-18
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:34
Vote Count:4
Danger Man
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
Release Date:1960-09-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:19
The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.
Release Date:1958-09-15
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:39
Vote Count:3
The Invisible Man
British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
Release Date:1958-09-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:8
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
Interested in becoming a serious actor, Mr. Pastry (Richard Hearne) seeks out the services of a down-and-out Professor (Buster Keaton) to help him become the dramatic thespian he hopes to be.
Release Date:1958-06-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Flying Scot
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
Release Date:1957-11-01
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:13
The Buccaneers
The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.
Release Date:1956-09-19
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:39
Vote Count:4
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.
Release Date:1956-09-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:4
Robin Hood: The Movie
A classic Robin Hood tale, starring Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Bernadette O'Farrell as Maid Marian. Released in 1991 by ITC, it was edited together (quite seamlessly) from episodes of the ITC 1955 TV series "The Adventures of Robin Hood".
Release Date:1955-11-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
Release Date:1955-09-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:17
Vote Count:17
Always a Bride
Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]
Release Date:1953-08-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:4
Curtain Up
In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Release Date:1952-03-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Never Take No for an Answer
It's a story about a young Italian orphan boy taking his pet donkey to the Vatican to be blessed.
Release Date:1951-12-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Where No Vultures Fly
A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them.
Release Date:1951-11-06
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:5
Bitter Springs
A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.
Release Date:1950-07-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:6
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
Release Date:1949-05-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7
Quartet
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
Release Date:1948-10-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:14
Bush Christmas
In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
Release Date:1947-07-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:17
Serves You Right
Training film made for Ford.
Release Date:1940-06-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Convict 99
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
Release Date:1938-09-26
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:11
Alf's Button Afloat
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and that when he cleans it a genie appears.
Release Date:1938-06-30
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3
For Dealers Only
This is a film made for Ford dealerships, encouraging them to smarten up their showrooms and organise their sales tactics. Slovenly Mr Sinclair is shown how to get his garage fit for purpose by Ford publicity guru Mr Harding. Soon the untidy pile of out of date brochures are replaced by a bespoke Ford display cabinet, prospects are safely organised in a card index system and there are"fine photographs of Dagenham" on the walls. This is a fascinating insight into branding and sales, 1930s style.
Release Date:1937-11-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Two Frightened Ladies
Dramatised short about the advantages of gas appliances in the home, with music.
Release Date:1937-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Let's Ask the Ladies
Mannequins in Co-operative Wholesale Society window come to life.
Release Date:1936-12-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Sweet Success
A publicity film made for Cadburys.
Release Date:1936-05-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Phantom Light
Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him. Jim Pearce deliberately maroons himself on the rock along with Alice Bright. When the light is later smashed, Jim reveals that his brother’s ship is the wreckers’ latest target, while Alice is a detective sent to investigate.
Release Date:1935-08-05
Department:Writing
Job:Scenario Writer
Vote Count:14
Crime Unlimited
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.
Release Date:1935-08-01
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:6
The Night of the Party
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
Release Date:1934-07-16
Department:Writing
Job:Theatre Play
Vote Count:3
Born Lucky
A humble girl's rise to fame.
Release Date:1933-04-05
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
All That Is England
Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
Release Date:1932-07-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
His Lordship
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
Release Date:1932-06-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
Hotel Splendide
Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman Charlie, a jewel thief arrives after a long spell in prison expecting to be able to dig up the pearls he had buried - only to find the hotel has been built on the site.
Release Date:1932-03-23
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
C.O.D.
A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....
Release Date:1932-03-17
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Star Reporter
Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning.
Release Date:1931-12-10
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
The Woodpigeon Patrol
'Adventures of Boy Scout patrol.' (British Film Catalogue)
Release Date:1930-06-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director