Phillip Grenville Mann
# Phillip Grenville Mann

Phillip Grenville Mann (24 December 1921 – 19 June 1990) was an Australian actor, playwright, stage director and manager, and writer.

He won a series of prizes as a young writer. He served in the Royal Australian Navy.

He worked for six years in London. He became a staff writer at the ABC. He replaced Rex Rienits as drama editor at the ABC.

## Select writings

* The Seas between (1946) – radio play starring Peter Finch
* Dear Enemy (July 1951) – radio play
* The Cat Scratches (1954) - radio play
* Theatre Royal episode "Dead or Alive" (1956) – TV play – became Funnel Web
* Shadow Squad (1958) – TV series – various episodes
* The Verdict is Yours (1958) – TV series – various episodes
* The Probation Officer (1960) – TV series
* The Attorney General (1961) – TV play
* The Sergeant from Burralee (1961) – TV play
* The Patriots (1962) – TV series
* Funnel Web (1962) – TV play
* Ballad for One Gun' (1963) – TV play
* Day of Glory (1964) – play
* Luther (1964) – TV play – adaptation of the play by John Osborne
* The Keys of Heaven (1966) (novel)
* The Red Gardenia (1966) - radio play starring Ron Haddrick
* Undercover (1968) - radio play starring Richard Meikle
* Certain Women (1971) – TV series
* Eight Days a Week (1972) – play
* Behind the Legend - "Eddie Gilbert" (1974)
* Candles in the Sun (1978) – novel
* How Sleep the Brave (1979) – play
* Over to Mother – a play
