Francis Durbridge
Francis Henry Durbridge ( November 25, 1912 in Hull , Yorkshire , † April 11, 1998 in London ) was a British writer , theater , radio play and screenwriter for television crime novels .
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The son of a Woolworth manager studied Old English and Economics at the University of Birmingham and then worked for a short time as a stockbroker , but soon turned to writing. His first play, Promotion , appeared as early as 1933 . In 1940 he married Norah Elizabeth Lawley, with whom he had two sons.
Durbridge worked for the BBC for 30 years as a radio play writer and published 35 novels, mostly utilizing the material from radio plays already broadcast by radio stations and in some cases also collaborating with other authors.
He had his breakthrough with his fictional detective writer and hobby detective Paul Temple . This resulted in an extensive series of radio plays between 1938 and 1968, which was shaped primarily by radio drama speakers Peter Coke as Temple and Marjorie Westbury as his wife, the journalist Louise, who mainly appears under her nom de plume Steve Trent. In the German version, René Deltgen spoke between 1949 and 1966 and Paul Klinger in 1968 as the title figure. The role of the wife Steve was predominantly voiced by Annemarie Cordes .
Between 1946 and 1952, four feature films were also made based on the previously made radio plays. At the end of the 1960s, Durbridge licensed the literary character to the BBC, which from 1969 turned the stories into a 52-part television series , 39 of which were filmed in the first international co-production in television history, together with ZDF . The main role in the series was played by the English actor Francis Matthews . Ros Drinkwater played the role of Steve (often in German dubbing: Stiefelchen ) . The theme music was by Ron Grainer .
Further novels and films were also made around the characters Tim Frazer and Harry Brent . Many of his novels were filmed for television in Europe with nationally known actors and were more successful than his novels.
In Germany Durbridge was best known to the as street sweeper designated multi-part television thrillers The Others (1959), The time has come (1960), The bandana (1962), Tim Frazer (1963), Tim Frazer: The case Salinger (1964), The Keys (1965), Melissa (1966), A Man Called Harry Brent (1968), Like a Flash (1970), and The Knife (1971), all of which had ratings of almost 90%. However, such values were mainly due to the fact that the television viewer only had one ARD program and later the ZDF . The German composers Peter Thomas and Hans Jönsson wrote congenial music for a large number of Durbridge films and radio plays .
There was great excitement among the German public when the cabaret artist Wolfgang Neuss revealed in an advertisement for his own film ( Comrade Münchhausen ) who the murderer in the television adaptation of the novel Das Halstuch was. He later admitted that he had only guessed the killer.
Durbridge's seventh and final play, Deep in the Night , premiered in London in 1991. It was the last to be implemented as a radio play by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) in 2000. Film composer Martin Böttcher wrote his only radio play music in the style of the Edgar Wallace films .
media
- DVD
- All German films from 1959 to 1988 have now been released on DVD as a collector's edition by Studio Hamburg. In addition, there is the TV film The Elegant Rotation , which was published in a single publication by Pidax film media in 2017.
- The doll (two-part, released in October 2013 by Pidax film media ltd.)
- The track with the lipstick ( The Passenger , three-part, released in May 2016 by Pidax film media Ltd.)
- Interpol calls Berlin (movie, released in July 2014 by Pidax film media ltd.)
- Paul Temple: The Hunt for Z (Movie, released on September 11, 2015 by Pidax film media ltd.)
- Paul Temple and the Marquis Case (movie, released October 2, 2015 by Pidax film media ltd.)
- Paul Temple and the Green Finger (movie, released in November 2015 by Pidax film media ltd.)
- Paul Temple: Who is Rex? (Movie, released in December 2015 by Pidax film media ltd.)
- The Teckman Case (movie, released December 2014 by Filmjuwelen)
- Tim Frazer chases the mysterious Mister X (movie, released by Filmjuwelen)
- Who is Mr. Hogarth? ( Breakaway: The Family Affair , six-part, will be released on Pidax film in December 2019)
- Videos
- The scarf. EuroVideo - EAN 4009750182536 (all parts cut together to form a complete film), VHS video, 206 minutes
- Radio plays
- Deep in the night. MDR 2000, Der Audio Verlag , ISBN 3-89813-152-1 .
- Paul Temple and the Curzon case . The Hörverlag , ISBN 3-89940-202-2 .
- Paul Temple and the Vandyke case . Spoken by René Deltgen , Gustav Knuth , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89813-316-8 (radio play, 4 CDs, 289 min.)
- Paul Temple and the Jonathan case . Spoken by René Deltgen , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89813-327-3 (radio play, 4 CDs, 258 min.)
- Paul Temple and the Madison case . Spoken by René Deltgen , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89813-328-1 (radio play, 4 CDs, 256 min.)
- Paul Temple and the Gilbert case . The Hörverlag, ISBN 3-89584-926-X .
- Paul Temple and the Lawrence case . The Hörverlag, ISBN 3-89940-498-X .
- Paul Temple and the Spencer case . The Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89813-326-5 .
- Paul Temple and the Conrad case . Spoken by René Deltgen , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89813-329-X (radio play, 4 CDs, 310 min.)
- Paul Temple and the Margo case . The Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89813-236-7 .
- Paul Temple and the Geneva case . The Hörverlag, ISBN 3-89940-405-X .
- Paul Temple and the Alex case . The Hörverlag, ISBN 3-89940-436-X .
- The Greenfield case. The Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89813-591-7 .
- The scarf. Spoken by Heinz Drache , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89813-967-0 (radio play, 3 CDs, 198 min.)
- Melissa . Spoken by Siegfried Wischnewski , Günther Stoll , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86231-107-1 (radio play, 3 CDs, 180 min.)
- Paul Temple & Co. The Margo case. With bonus CD: Only about my corpse . Spoken by René Deltgen , Jürgen Goslar , Marianne Mosa , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89813-641-9 (radio play, 5 CDs, 352 min.)
- Paul Temple & Co. The Spencer Case. With bonus CD: La Boutique . Spoken by René Deltgen , Heinz Schimmelpfennig , Ursula Langrock , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89813-642-6 (radio play, 6 CDs, 389 min.)
- The great Paul Temple Box . Spoken by René Deltgen , Jürgen Goslar , Marianne Mosa , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89813-836-9 (radio play, 20 CDs, approx. 23 hours)
- The Non-Paul Temples . Spoken by Friedrich Schoenfelder , Peter Fricke , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89813-817-8 (radio play, 5 CDs, 275 min.)
- Bastian Pastewka and accomplices in Paul Temple and the Gregory case ; Editing of the lost radio play of the same name by Bastian Pastewka and Leonhard Koppelmann (WDR / SWR), Der Hörverlag , ISBN 978-3-8445-1718-7 .
- Paul Temple and the Geneva case (SR version) Pidax film media Ltd.
- La Boutique (SRG version with René Deltgen) Pidax film media Ltd.
- Paul Temple and the Conrad case (BR version) Pidax film media Ltd.
- Further media on the Paul Temple page.
More radio plays
- 1949: Paul Temple and the Gregory affair - directed by Eduard Hermann and Fritz Schröder-Jahn ( NWDR )
- 1951: Clear the way for Anthony Sherwood - Director: Unknown ( Radio Saarbrücken )
- 1961: The Greenfield case (from the series: From Studio 13 ) - Director: Oskar Nitschke ( SDR )
- 1961: Too many confessions (from the series: The hunt for the perpetrator ) - Director: SO Wagner ( NDR )
- 1962: Hard to believe - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm ( BR )
- 1964: only over my corpse! (from the series: From Studio 13 ) - Director: Hans Quest (SDR)
- 2000: Deep in the Night - Director: Christoph Dietrich ( MDR )
literature
- Francis H. Durbridge , in: International Biographical Archive. 41/1998 from September 28, 1998, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Videobiography
- A man named Francis Durbridge . A four-part interview with Nicholas Durbridge about his famous father Francis Durbridge. 4 × 25 ', contained on the DVDs Paul Temple - Jagd auf Z (Pidax film media, 1st part: The next Edgar Wallace - Life and working methods of Francis Durbridge), Paul Temple and the Marquis case ( released between September and December 2015 ) ( Pidax film media, 2nd part: popularity and perfection ), Paul Temple - The green finger (Pidax film media, 3rd part: Paul Temple ), Paul Temple - Who is Rex? (Pidax film media, part 4: memorabilia from a long career )
Web links
- Literature by and about Francis Durbridge in the catalog of the German National Library
- Francis Durbridge home page
- Francis Durbridge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Francis Durbridge Filmography at Fernsehserien.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Durbridge, Francis |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Durbridge, Francis Henry (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English crime novelist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston upon Hull , England |
DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1998 |
Place of death | London , England |