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Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) [1] was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [2]
Oct 30, 2014 · Leslie McFarlane was the ghost writer of most of the famous Hardy Boys Books series. Joe, Frank, Fenton, Aunt Gertrude and Chet Morton were all created in his fertile mind. Leslie McFarlane was born on October 25, 1902, at Carleton Place, Ontario, one of 4 sons of the local school principal.
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Author Leslie McFarlane, who passed away on September 6, 1977, was one of the most successful Canadian writers of all time. Working for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, he penned 21 volumes of The Hardy Boys, initiated The Dana Girls series and wrote seven Dave Fearless novels.
Charles Leslie McFarlane. who dropped the first forename for his writing career, was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker. McFarlane is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
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Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
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Birth name. Charles Leslie McFarlane. Mini Bio. Leslie McFarlane was born on October 25, 1902 in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and director, known for The Boy Who Stopped Niagara (1948), Invisible Armour (1948) and Here's Hockey (1953). He died on September 6, 1977 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Trivia.
Writer: The Boy Who Stopped Niagara. Leslie McFarlane was born on 25 October 1902 in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and director, known for The Boy Who Stopped Niagara (1948), Invisible Armour (1948) and Here's Hockey (1953). He died on 6 September 1977 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
