Geoffrey Orme
, 1904 - 1978
Geoffrey Orme (1904-1978) was an English screenwriter for television as well as film. His earliest credits were feature film scripts of the 1930s and ‘40s – including Sunshine Ahead (1936); Hearts of Humanity (1936); four Old Mother Riley films (1941-3); and Here Comes the Sun (1946) – before turning to the new medium of television in the 1950s. Work on six episodes of the ITV (Independent Television) adventure/drama series Ivanhoe (1958) gave him an entry into writing for family entertainment; and he wrote episodes for other ITV series – Interpol Calling (1959); The Avengers (1963); and No Hiding Place (1965) – before being commissioned to write a four-episode storyline for the BBC’s Doctor Who. The Underwater Menace (1967) turned out to be his last major work, and after the feature film The Long Duel (1967), Orme retired; dying in 1978.
Bio prepared by Richard Scully, University of New England, rscully@une.edu.au
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