title: Phillip Grenville Mann
text: # Phillip Grenville Mann
  
  Phillip Grenville Mann (24 December 1921 – 19 June 1990) was an Australian actor, playwright, stage director and manager, and writer.
  
  He won a series of prizes as a young writer. He served in the Royal Australian Navy.
  
  He worked for six years in London. He became a staff writer at the ABC. He replaced Rex Rienits as drama editor at the ABC.
  
  ## Select writings
  
  * The Seas between (1946) – radio play starring Peter Finch
  * Dear Enemy (July 1951) – radio play
  * The Cat Scratches (1954) - radio play
  * Theatre Royal episode "Dead or Alive" (1956) – TV play – became Funnel Web
  * Shadow Squad (1958) – TV series – various episodes
  * The Verdict is Yours (1958) – TV series – various episodes
  * The Probation Officer (1960) – TV series
  * The Attorney General (1961) – TV play
  * The Sergeant from Burralee (1961) – TV play
  * The Patriots (1962) – TV series
  * Funnel Web (1962) – TV play
  * Ballad for One Gun' (1963) – TV play
  * Day of Glory (1964) – play
  * Luther (1964) – TV play – adaptation of the play by John Osborne
  * The Keys of Heaven (1966) (novel)
  * The Red Gardenia (1966) - radio play starring Ron Haddrick
  * Undercover (1968) - radio play starring Richard Meikle
  * Certain Women (1971) – TV series
  * Eight Days a Week (1972) – play
  * Behind the Legend - "Eddie Gilbert" (1974)
  * Candles in the Sun (1978) – novel
  * How Sleep the Brave (1979) – play
  * Over to Mother – a play
  