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William Fairchild (sometimes credited as W. E. C. Fairchild) (January 6, 1918 – May 9, 2000) was an English author, playwright, director and screenwriter. He was married to actress Isabel Dean from 1953 to the early 1970s, and to producer, agent, and writer Robin Dalton from 1992 until his death.

Selected filmography

• A Song for Tomorrow (1948) – story, script
• Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) – story, script
• Colonel Bogey (1948) – script
• Badger's Green (1949) – script
• Morning Departure (1950) – script
• The Long Dark Hall (1951) – additional dialogue
• Outcast of the Islands (1951) – script
• The Man with the Gun (1952) – script
• Gift Horse (1952) – script
• The Net (1953) – script
• Malta Story (1953) – script
• Front Page Story (1954) – script
• The Seekers (1954) – script
• Passage Home (1955) – script
• John and Julie (1955) – script, original play, director
• Value for Money (1955) – script
• No Man's Land (1956) (TV) – script, original play
• The Extra Day (1956 – script, director
• The Silent Enemy (1958) – script, director
• The Four Just Men (1959–60) (TV series) – script, director
• The Horsemasters (1961) – script, director
• 199 Park Lane (1965) (TV series) – script, creator
• Do Not Disturb (1965) – original play
• Star! (1968) – script
• The Last Shot You Hear (1969) – original play
• Embassy (1972) – script
• The Darwin Adventure (1972) – script
• The MacKintosh Man (1973) – uncredited writer
• The Sound of Murder (1982) – script, original play
• Invitation to the Wedding (1985) – script

References

1. "William Fairchild". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. "William Fairchild". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018.
3. "William Fairchild – Person – National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
4. "William Fairchild – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie". AllMovie.
5. Vallance, Tom (8 August 1997). "Obituary: Isabel Dean". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
6. Wheatley, Jane (3 March 2017). "How Sydney socialite and film producer Robin Dalton stole the headlines from WWII". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

External links

• William Fairchild at IMDb

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