Lindsay Hardy


Lindsay John Hardy was an Australian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who worked in Australia, the US, and the UK.

Early life

A native of South Australia, Lindsay Hardy received his education at Strathalbyn and Victor Harbor. He attended Adelaide University but did not graduate, and worked as a salesman in Sydney. He enlisted in 1939 and fought in the El Alamein and Papua New Guinea battles of World War II. In 1942, he was wounded by a shrapnel in North Africa; and in November 1943, his left arm was permanently disabled by a grenade in New Guinea.

Writing career

Back in Australia, Hardy wrote radio scripts in the late 1940s, first in Melbourne for Donovan Joyce, and then from 1950 in Sydney with Grace Gibson. After marrying in 1952 he moved to the US to write for television, but unsatisfied with the treatment of his scripts in Hollywood, he relocated to New York City. In about 1959–1960 he was in the UK, writing thrillers for the BBC and ITV. He wrote scripts for the TV shows Man of the World and The Sentimental Agent.

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