Fletcher Markle

Screenwriter

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Birth Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Born
March 27, 1921
Died
May 22, 1991
Cause of Death
Heart Failure Following A Lifelong Battle With Diabetes

Biography

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Best known as the creator of the dramatic radio and TV series "Studio One" and a prolific director-producer during the 1950s "Golden Age" of television. Markle made his screenwriting and directing debut with the 1949 thriller "Jigsaw" and went on to direct "Night Into Morning," "The Man With the Cloak" (both 1951) and "The Incredible Journey" (1963). He also served as head of TV drama fo...

Filmography

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The Incredible Journey (1963)
Director
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Director
Night into Morning (1951)
Director
Jigsaw (1949)
Director
50 Years of Action! (1986)
Himself
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Second announcer

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Incredible Journey, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) The Others Followed
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Incredible Journey, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Indian Summer

Family & Companions

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Mercedes McCambridge
Wife
Actor. Married on February 19, 1950; divorced in 1962.
Dorothy Markle
Wife
Third wife.

Biography

Best known as the creator of the dramatic radio and TV series "Studio One" and a prolific director-producer during the 1950s "Golden Age" of television. Markle made his screenwriting and directing debut with the 1949 thriller "Jigsaw" and went on to direct "Night Into Morning," "The Man With the Cloak" (both 1951) and "The Incredible Journey" (1963). He also served as head of TV drama for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the 1970s. Married to actress Mercedes McCambridge from 1950 to 1962.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Incredible Journey (1963)
Director
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Director
Night into Morning (1951)
Director
Jigsaw (1949)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

50 Years of Action! (1986)
Himself
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Second announcer
Jigsaw (1949)
Nightclub patron

Writer (Feature Film)

Jigsaw (1949)
Screenwriter

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

50 Years of Action! (1986)
Other

Director (Special)

Tonight in Havana (1958)
Director
Johnny Belinda (1955)
Director

Producer (Special)

Tonight in Havana (1958)
Producer
Johnny Belinda (1955)
Producer
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1955)
Producer

Life Events

1941

Wrote, edited and narrated Oscar-nominated documentary short, "The V-1: Story of the Robot Bomb"

1942

Joined the Canadian Broadcasting Company as a writer, director and producer; wrote plays for CBC series, "Baker's Dozen"

1949

Joined MGM as associate to producer Edwin H. Knopf

1949

Directed and wrote first feature film, "Jigsaw"

Videos

Movie Clip

Incredible Journey, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) The Others Followed Their Canadian minder John (Emile Genest) departing for duck hunting, Rex Allen narrates as the three stars, Bodger, Luath and Tao, determine they might as well head home, not realizing it’s hundreds of miles away, in Walt Disney’s The Incredible Journey, 1963.
Incredible Journey, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Indian Summer Ending a spectacular aerial introduction with the terrain and foliage of Ontario, narration by Disney fixture Rex Allen begins and we meet Emile Genest, as the temporary owner of the three principals, Bodger, Luath and Tao, Fletcher Markle directing, in the Disney feature The Incredible Journey, 1963.
Night Into Morning -- (Movie Clip) Beethoven Widowed and depressed professor Ainley (Ray Milland) has an unsatisfying encounter with the girl next door (Jean Hagen) at his new bachelor apartment, in Night Into Morning, 1950.
Night Into Morning -- (Movie Clip) Rotten Break Bereaved Professor Ainley (Ray Milland) strolls the campus (U-C Berkeley) and chats with the sympathetic guy who minds the bell tower, in Night Into Morning, 1950, directed by Fletcher Markle.

Trailer

Man with a Cloak, The - (Original Trailer) A mystery man (Joseph Cotten) tries to help a young innocent (Leslie Caron) escape a murderous housekeeper (Barbara Stanwyck).

Family

John L Markle
Son
Adopted McCambridge's son from her first marriage.
Stephen Markle
Son
Actor.

Companions

Mercedes McCambridge
Wife
Actor. Married on February 19, 1950; divorced in 1962.
Dorothy Markle
Wife
Third wife.

Bibliography

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