Background
CURTEIS, Ian was born on May 1, 1935 in London.
CURTEIS, Ian was born on May 1, 1935 in London.
University of London.
Director and actor in theatres throughout United Kingdom, and British Broadcasting Corporation television script reader 1956-1963. British Broadcasting Corporation and ATV staff director (drama) 1963-1967. Chairman Committee on Censorship, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain 1981-1985.
Plays for television: Beethoven, Sir Alexander Fleming (British Broadcasting Corporation entry, Prague Festival 1973), Mr.
Rolls and Mr. Royee, Long Voyage out of War (trilogy), The Folly, The Haunting, Second Time Round, A Distinct Chill, The Portland Millions, Philby, Burgess and Maclean (British entry, Monte Carlo Festival 1978, British Academy of Film and Television Arts nomination Best Play of the Year), Hess, The Atom Spies, Churchill and the Generals (Grand. Writer of numerous television series.
Married 1st Dorothy Joan Armstrong in 1964 (dissolved). Married 2nd Joanna Trollope in 1985.