Hartney Arthur

Hartney J. Arthur (29 December 1917 – 24 March 2004) was an Australian actor, writer and film director, who worked in stage, radio and film.

He was born in Hobart Tasmania, and appeared as a convict boy in For the Term of his Natural Life (1927). He went into work in Sydney radio and theater as a writer, director and actor, and toured New Zealand in the title role of Charley's Aunt. He later directed Peter Finch in Red Sky at Morning (1944) and managed a chain of theaters in New South Wales.

In 1949 he moved to the U.S.A and worked for the Australian Information Bureau and as a theater and film agent. He died in Bethel, Connecticut on 24 March 2004, aged 86.

• For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) – film – actor
• Roundabout (1937) – play – actor
• Private Lives by Noël Coward (1939) – play – actor
• A Yank in Australia (1942) – film – actor
• Red Sky at Morning (1944) – film – writer, director
• Flicka Daze – book
• West Side Story (1960) – director of Australian production Hartney is a distant relative of Australian movie producer Phillip Avalon.

• ""ROUNDABOUT.".". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 April 1937. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2012. 
• ""PRIVATE LIVES.".". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 24 March 2012. 
• "Book News.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 August 1945. p. 10 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2012. 
• "Offbeat musical on street gangs.". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 19 October 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2012.