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He died of a [[heart attack]] in London on 20 May 1979.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/22/archives/jack-pulman-51-dramatized-i-claudius-other-bbc-shows.html|title = Jack Pulman, 51, Dramatized 'I, Claudius,' Other BBC Shows|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 22 May 1979}}</ref> His last screenplay, ''[[Private Schulz]]'', went into production after his death. His widow, [[Barbara Young (actress)|Barbara Young]], collected a posthumous writers award from The [[Royal Television Society]] for his work on the show in 1982. |
He died of a [[heart attack]] in London on 20 May 1979.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/22/archives/jack-pulman-51-dramatized-i-claudius-other-bbc-shows.html|title = Jack Pulman, 51, Dramatized 'I, Claudius,' Other BBC Shows|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 22 May 1979}}</ref> His last screenplay, ''[[Private Schulz]]'', went into production after his death. His widow, [[Barbara Young (actress)|Barbara Young]], collected a posthumous writers award from The [[Royal Television Society]] for his work on the show in 1982. |
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He also wrote the screenplays for the 1970 film ''[[The Executioner (1970 film)|The Executioner]]'' and the [[Kidnapped (1971 film)|1971 film adaptation]] of [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s ''[[Kidnapped]]''. |
He also wrote the screenplays for the 1970 film ''[[The Executioner (1970 film)|The Executioner]]'' and the [[Kidnapped (1971 film)|1971 film adaptation]] of [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]''. |
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He was the father of actress and singer [[Liza Pulman]]. |
He was the father of actress and singer [[Liza Pulman]]. |
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Jack Pulman | |
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Born | London, England | 11 July 1925
Died | 20 May 1979[1] London, England | (aged 53)
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, television writer |
Jack Pulman (11 July 1925 – 20 May 1979) was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, I, Claudius, based on the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves.[2][3]
Biography
Born and raised in London, Pulman was renowned as "adaptor-extraordinary," having written teleplays for such literary works as, The Portrait of a Lady, Jane Eyre, Crime and Punishment, David Copperfield, and War and Peace.
He died of a heart attack in London on 20 May 1979.[4] His last screenplay, Private Schulz, went into production after his death. His widow, Barbara Young, collected a posthumous writers award from The Royal Television Society for his work on the show in 1982.
He also wrote the screenplays for the 1970 film The Executioner and the 1971 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
He was the father of actress and singer Liza Pulman.
References
- ^ "Jack Pulman, 51, Dramatized 'I, Claudius,' Other BBC Shows". The New York Times. 22 May 1979.
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ "Jack Pulman, 51, Dramatized 'I, Claudius,' Other BBC Shows". The New York Times. 22 May 1979.
External links
- Jack Pulman at IMDb
- Jack Pulman at the BFI's Screenonline
- Writers from London
- 1925 births
- 1979 deaths
- English television writers
- British television writers
- 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English male writers
- British male television writers
- 20th-century English screenwriters
- British dramatist and playwright stubs