About Hector Crawford
Hector William Crawford AO, CBE (14 August 1913 – 11 March 1991) was an Australian entrepreneur, conductor and media mogul, best known for his radio and television production firms. He and his sister Dorothy Crawford founded Crawford Productions, which was responsible for many iconic programs and initiated the careers of a number of notable Australian actors and entertainers. His influence on the Australian entertainment industry was immense and enduring, and one obituary described him as "one of the best-known and most respected names in the history of Australian entertainment". == Biography == Crawford was born in Fitzroy in 1913. His parents were William Henry Crawford, a commercial traveller, and Charlotte (née Turner), a contralto and organist. He studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and later conducted the orchestra there. In 1940 he became the musical and recording director of Broadcast Exchange of Australia, a radio broadcasting house, and its managing director in 1942. In 1945 he and his sister Dorothy Crawford founded Crawford Productions. Hector managed music, administration and sales, while Dorothy attended to script-editing and casting. == Radio productions == Radio programs produced included Opera for the People, Melba, often referred to as The Melba Story (starring Patricia Kennedy and then-unknown Glenda Raymond), The Amazing Oscar Hammerstein, and The Blue Danube.
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