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Philip Mackie (26 November 1918 – 23 December 1985) was a British film and television screenwriter. He was born in Salford in Lancashire, England. He graduated in 1939 from University College London and worked for the Ministry of Information Films Division which began a career in film.
Philip Mackie was born on 26 November 1918 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Praying Mantis (1982), The Brain (1962) and All the Way Up (1970). He was married to Cynthia Louise Curtis Clarke. He died on 23 December 1985 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK.
- Writer, Producer, Actor
- November 26, 1918
- Philip Mackie
- December 23, 1985
Written by Philip Mackie, it is set in Ancient Egypt during the latter part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty with an emphasis on the Cleopatras. Intended to be the I, Claudius of the 1980s, The Cleopatras met with a decidedly mixed critical reaction. It was regarded and portrayed as a gaudy farce.
- Historical Drama
Nov 21, 2020 · Shortly afterwards Prince Charles, sounding shocked and distressed, rang and told Philip Mackie that he was all right, but Major Hugh Lindsay... had been killed. Everyone started shaking in the...
This collection holds the papers of the writer Philip Mackie, including scripts, correspondence, and other documents from his writing career, as well as some personal papers. The collection covers Mackie's novels, stage plays, films, and television productions dating from the 1950s to the 1980s.
In a career that was for the most part freelance, but which included some four years as Granada Television's head of drama (1958 to 1962), Philip Mackie was responsible for many early series based on classical sources such as Saki, de Maupassant and Feydeau.
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An Englishman's Castle is a BBC television serial first broadcast in 1978, written by Philip Mackie and directed by Paul Ciappessoni. The story was set in an alternative history 1970s, in which Nazi Germany won World War II and England is run by a collaborationist fascist government.
