Basil Bartlett Net Worth

Basil Bartlett Net Worth is
$100,000

Basil Bartlett Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Sir Basil Hardington Bartlett, 2nd Baronet (15 September 1905 – 2 January 1985) was an actor, screenwriter and writer, and in the 1950s the head of the BBC's script department. In June 1921, at the age of 16, he became the second Baronet Bartlett of Hardington Mandeville, when he inherited the title after his grandfather, the building contractor Herbert Bartlett, as his father had died the year before.He was educated at Repton School in Repton, Derbyshire, before continuing to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.Having started as a stage actor in the 1930s, he joined the British Army at the outbreak of World War II, and served as a captain during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940. He was mentioned in despatches and wounded during the retreat. He published My First War: An Army Officer's Journal for May 1940, Through Belgium to Dunkirk. During his convalescence he worked as screenwriter of the war films The Next of Kin (1942) (which he later also turned into a novel), Secret Mission (1942) and They Met in the Dark (1943) before joining the Intelligence Corps, where he gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in charge of the kinematographic group of 21st Army Group.After the war, he briefly tried to take up his career as actor again, appearing in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951), before joining the BBC, where he became head of the script department, but also translated a couple of French screenplays. He also participated as model in three of the six 15 minute programmes in BBC's first ever series in colour, Men, Women and Clothes, a history of fashion which was broadcast between 21 April and 26 May 1957 (available in the BBC on line archive).He was married to Mary Malcolm, one of the first two regular female announcers on BBC Television after World War II, from 1937 to 1960, and they had three daughters. When he died in 1985, the baronet title went to his younger brother, the Olympic fencer David Bartlett.

Date Of BirthSeptember 15, 1905, London, United Kingdom
DiedJanuary 2, 1985
Place Of BirthLondon, England, UK
ProfessionWriter, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew
SpouseMary Malcolm (m. 1937–1960)
ChildrenLucy Bridgewater, Annabel McCall, Julia Atkinson
ParentsHardington Arthur Bartlett, Irene Robinson
Star SignVirgo

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Less Than Kind1959TV Movie translation
Asmodée1959TV Movie translation
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1955TV Series english version - 1 episode
Special Providence1954TV Movie translated by
A Fish in the Family1953TV Movie
It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer1953TV Movie translation
Asmodée1952TV Movie translation
They Met in the Dark1943scenario
Secret Mission1942screenplay
The Next of Kin1942

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1955TV SeriesDuke de Deauville
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.1951Capt. Elliott (uncredited)
A House in the Square1949TV MovieDavid Anstruther
Tristan and Isolda1938TV MovieTristan (Mime)

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Next of Kin1942military supervisor

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Men, Women and Clothes1957TV SeriesHimself Modelling Fashions

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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