Biography
Oscar Ralph Whitbread (26 November 1929 β 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television.He moved to Australia in the late 1940s. Whitbread started his career at the ABC in 1956, where he served as the Head of Drama, before switching to the same position with the Seven Network. He was responsible for numerous successful series including Bellbird, The Flying Doctors and the miniseries Power Without Glory.
Whitbread was the senior executive producer at Crawford Productions and also worked in England for the BBC, Thames Television, Granada Television, and London Weekend Television. During the 1970s, he worked as a theatre media studies lecturer, at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales.
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GenderMale
Birthday1929-11-26
Deathday2016-05-16 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceEngland, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsAustralia, United Kingdom
AwardsMedal of the Order of Australia
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