Search results
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.
- Charles Leslie McFarlane, October 25, 1902, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
- September 6, 1977 (aged 74), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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.
- Bruce Ricketts
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.
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 .
- (874)
- September 6, 1977
- October 25, 1902
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.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- October 25, 1902
- Leslie McFarlane
- September 6, 1977
People also ask
Who is Charles Leslie McFarlane?
Was Leslie McFarlane a ghost writer?
Where did Leslie McFarlane get his books?
Who is John McFarlane?
Leslie McFarlane has 44 books on Goodreads with 30421 ratings. Leslie McFarlane’s most popular book is The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys, #1).
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.
