Frank Harvey (English screenwriter)

Frank Harvey (11 August 1912 – 6 November 1981)[1] was an English screenwriter and playwright who jointly won a BAFTA Award with John Boulting and Alan Hackney for I'm All Right Jack in 1960.

He was the third of three generations of writers who all took the non-de plume 'Frank Harvey', with both his grandfather, originally John Ainsworth Hilton, and his father taking the name when writing and performing for the stage.

His father, Harvey Ainsworth Hilton (1885–1965), was born in London, England, where he married Grace Ackerman, before moving with his family to Australia in 1914 and staying there until 1926.

[2] While at Cambridge, Harvey began acting with the Festival Theatre under the auspices of Joseph Macleod, later moving into writing.

[1][3] As well as writing, in November 1947 Harvey produced The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston at the Arts Theatre, London, starring Jack Hawkins.