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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12.
Edgar Wallace was a British writer and one of the most popular and prolific writers of the 20th century. Doubling up as a crime writer, playwright, and journalist, he wrote over 175 novels, 40 short story collections, 24 plays, and numerous articles in journals and newspapers in less than 3 decades of writing.
Edgar Wallace (born April 1, 1875, Greenwich, London, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1932, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was a British novelist, playwright, and journalist who was an enormously popular writer of detective and suspense stories.
Edgar Wallace christened Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born 1st April 1875 to actress Polly Richards. He was adopted at the age of nine days, by Billingsgate Fish porter Dick Freeman. He began his working life on Fleet Street at the age of eleven selling newspapers at Ludgate Circus.
Edgar Wallace. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author.
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) was a British novelist and playwright and screenwriter whose works have been adapted for the screen on many occasions. British adaptations. His works were adapted for the silent screen as early as 1916, and continued to be adapted by British filmmakers into the 1940s.
May 1, 2024 · In 1909 Edgar Wallace wrote a series of 24 short stories featuring a street-wise London police-constable, PC Lee. Wallace himself features in some, with PC Lee recounting his adventures as a bobby on the beat in and around the district of Notting Dale.
Edgar Wallace has 2063 books on Goodreads with 59274 ratings. Edgar Wallace's most popular series is The Four Just Men.
Edgar Wallace, born on this day in history, was one of the world’s most prolific authors. His theme was usually crime and mystery but he also created King Kong. April 1, 1875
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: With John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan. Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
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