John Nugent-Hayward
John Nugent-Hayward, real name Harold Thomas Newton, Billed also as John Hayward, was an Australian actor and musician who founded the Perth Symphony Orchestra, he had extensive experience in radio, stage and film[1]
He was born on 14 May 1885 in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, his father was a conductor and had his son taught violin and clarinet, he raised in England before moving to Australia in the 1920s after WW1 service and having trained in medical studies at the London University, before a brief venture in trading in Algeria. He became one of the best known radio actors in the country firstly at 6WF, acting and writing plays.[1]
He is reported as being (as Newton) founder of the Perth Symphony Orchestra and was its conductor for six years. He then left for Sydney,[1] where he worked as radio actor for the ABC, playing the wise old owl in the 2GB Children's Session. He played the part of Dr Jim Gordon in the radio serial Blue Hills. (who assumed that role, perhaps briefly, in December 1949) took over the part of Dr Gordon when Nugent-Hayward died.[2]
He also worked at the BBC before his death on January 22, 1958.
Select film credits[]
- South West Pacific (1943)
- The Overlanders (1946)
References[]
- ^ a b c "Stars of the Air; Many-Sided Actor". The Muswellbrook Chronicle. NSW: National Library of Australia. 21 June 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Crocker, Patti (1989). Radio Days. Simon & Schuster. p. 75. ISBN 0731800982.
External links[]
- Australian male radio actors
- 20th-century Australian male actors
- 1885 births