1. Fletcher Markle was a Canadian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director.
19 Facts About Fletcher Markle
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Fletcher Markle graduated from Prince of Wales Secondary School in Vancouver and chose not to attend college because "there were too many things to do".
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Fletcher Markle began his career at age 17 in Vancouver, British Columbia, doing radio dramas.
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Fletcher Markle created the Phoenix Theater, which began with stage productions and then went on radio for a 68-week series of hour-long plays.
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Fletcher Markle worked with a group whose members included John Drainie, Lister Sinclair, and Alan Young on such local stations as CJOR, CKWX and the CBC network.
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In 1945, Fletcher Markle received a $1,500 grant from Twentieth Century Fox to finish his partly autobiographical novel There Was A Young Man.
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The CBC had commissioned Fletcher Markle to write that program, which consisted of self-contained complete episodes that ranged from light to serious in content.
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Fletcher Markle had earlier written the Baker's Dozen series on CBC.
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The group moved to Toronto, and Fletcher Markle had a role as an actor in Journey Together.
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Fletcher Markle then moved to New York City, and although not listed in the credits, contributed to the screenplay for Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai.
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Fletcher Markle produced, co-wrote, and had a cameo role in the movie Jigsaw.
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Fletcher Markle directed Nancy Davis, Ray Milland, and John Hodiak in Night into Morning.
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Fletcher Markle directed the movie The Incredible Journey for Walt Disney.
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Fletcher Markle is credited for signing Lorne Greene to play Ben Cartwright in Bonanza.
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Fletcher Markle returned to radio in late 1978 as one of the writers for Sears Radio Theater.
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Fletcher Markle received an Academy Award nomination for the documentary film The V-1: Story of the Robot Bomb, which he wrote and narrated.
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Fletcher Markle married Helen Blanche Willis in Toronto in 1944, and they divorced on June 14,1949.
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Fletcher Markle later married actress Mercedes McCambridge, and they divorced in 1962 after 12 years of marriage, during which he adopted her son.
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On May 23,1991, Fletcher Markle died at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, of heart failure, aged 70.