Robert L. Joseph(1923-2002)

Playwright and screenwriter-producer who had several hits on Broadway in the 1950s with revivals of classic plays. His own original works, "Face of a Hero" and "Isle of Children", fared rather less well in the '60s. He subsequently concentrated on writing for television.

[on producing "The Third Secret"]: I hope no-one gets angry with me for not picking a bus-conductress or a waitress to star, or a man who's never seen the inside of a studio to direct. Movies are the only field in the world where inexperienced, unknown people are pitchforked into an arena and often praised for their amateurism.