Ralph Smart was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in London in 1908, and educated in England. His Australian parentage was important to him. He found work in Britain with Anthony Asquith and later alongside the film director Michael Powell, whom he assisted with "Quota Quickies": low-budget B-pictures to fill production quotas.
During the Second World War he joined the Royal Australian Air Force. Afterwards he worked for ...
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Ralph Smart was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in London in 1908, and educated in England. His Australian parentage was important to him. He found work in Britain with Anthony Asquith and later alongside the film director Michael Powell, whom he assisted with "Quota Quickies": low-budget B-pictures to fill production quotas.
During the Second World War he joined the Royal Australian Air Force. Afterwards he worked for the Rank Organisation and Ealing Studios, returning to Australia to direct several films including Bitter Springs, addressing the mistreatment of young Aborigines.
Back again in Britain, he became an influential figure in television, remembered as the creator and producer of Danger Man, also known as Secret Agent. He produced, directed or wrote a number of television series and films, including the 1950s series The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Invisible Man.
He retired to Australia, dying in his 90s in 2001, in Bowen, Queensland.
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