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George Lowther (writer)

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George F. Lowther (born April 9, 1913 – died April 28, 1975), was a writer, producer, director in the earliest days of radio and television. He was a scriptwriter for the Superman radio programs on the Mutual Radio Network (1940's), and author of "The Adventures of Superman," 1942.

Born in New York City, Lowther broke into radio at 13 as an NBC page. Eventually, he wrote episodes for the "Dick Tracey" and the "Terry and the Pirates" radio series, as well as "The Superman Series." He also wrote scripts for the "Roy Rogers" and "Tom Mix" radio programs. In later years, he wrote, produced and directed many programs for "U.S. Steel Hour" and "Armstrong Circle Theatre," and also wrote for "The Edge of Night."[1]

He later worked as a writer, director and producer for the Guy Lombardo and Morton Downey radio programs, as well as "Broadway Calling" with Gertrude Lawrence. Lowther joined the DuMont Television Network as an executive producer starting with its inception in 1945. He also wrote several adventure novels for children. By 1963 he had joined the Famous Writers School.

From 1974-1975, he wrote 44 episodes of the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" — and even performed in one of them in 1974.[2]

Lowther married the former Florence Wagner. They had two sons, Kevin and Sean, and lived in Westport, Connecticut, where Lowther died.[1]

Screenography

The following information was taken from the Internet Movie Database Web site:[3]

Producer

Writer

Director

  • "A Christmas Carol" (1943) (TV)

Notes

  1. ^ a b [1] Rugani, Louis, IMDb Mini-biography page for "George Lowther (I)", accessed May 20, 2007
  2. ^ [2]Web page titled "Other works for George Lowther (I)" at IMDb.com Web site, accessed May 20, 2007
  3. ^ [3]Web page titled "George Lowther (I) [...] Filmography" at the Internet Movie Database Web site, accessed May 20, 2007