Terence Feely
| Terence Feely | |
|---|---|
| Born | Terence John Feely 20 July 1928 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 13 August 2000 (aged 72) London, England |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, author |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Liverpool Jesuit College |
| Genre | Detective/Thriller Action/Adventure Sci-fi/Fantasy |
| Notable works |
The Gentle Touch (TV series) C.A.T.S. Eyes (TV series) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Feely (m. 1953) |
Terence Feely (20 July 1928 – 13 August 2000) was a British screenwriter, playwright and author. Though his work has spanned five decades, he is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the ITV drama series The Gentle Touch (1980–84).
Feely was born into a middle-class industrial family in Liverpool. After leaving school, he entered Liverpool's Jesuit College where he studied English and psychology. On completion of his university studies, he decided to go into journalism and got a job with a small local newspaper in Middlesbrough. However, he quickly outgrew the publication and moved to London where he secured a position in the faster paced world of Fleet Street, joining the editorial staff of The Sunday Graphic. It was around this time that Feely began to write submissions for film scripts and, in 1955, film director Alfred Hitchcock purchased the rights to one of Feely's scripts entitled Heartbeat.
In 1959, he ventured into television and wrote several episodes of the police detective series No Hiding Place. Following this, in 1961 he wrote two episodes for the first series of The Avengers. He then moved on to other popular shows of the time including The Saint, and Gerry Anderson's puppet series, Thunderbirds. In the mid 1960s, he became story editor for Armchair Theatre and ABC's/Thames' Mystery and Imagination series. Feely was also instrumental in bringing James Mitchell's Callan to the small screen, for which he is credited as associate producer. In 1967, Feely joined the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, and was partly responsible for ensuring the production of If.... (1968) directed by Lindsay Anderson. Following this, Feely went on to become a co-director of Everyman Films (with Patrick McGoohan and David Tomblin). The company's principal production was allegorical.science-fiction series, The Prisoner (1967–68), for which Feely also wrote two episodes.
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