Michael Gilbert(1912-2006)

Writer

Michael Gilbert was born on 17 July 1912 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973), Guilty? (1956) and The Man in Room 17 (1965). He was married to Roberta Marsden and Roberta Mary Marsden. He died on 8 February 2006 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

Orson Welles Great Mysteries

7.8

TV Series

Writer

Guilty?

5.9

Writer

1956

The Man in Room 17

7.5

TV Series

Writer

Breakout

6.8

Writer

1959

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Writer

Orson Welles Great Mysteries
7.8
TV Series
- written by
- dramatised by (as Michael Francis Gilbert)
- 1973–1974
Misleading Cases
8.0
TV Series
- television adaptation
- 1971
Hadleigh
7.1
TV Series
- writer
- 1971
The Man in Room 17
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 1966
The Third Man
7.7
TV Series
- writer
- 1965
The Mind of the Enemy
TV Mini Series
- writer
- 1965
Armchair Mystery Theatre
6.6
TV Series
- writer
- 1964
Zero One
8.7
TV Series
- story
- 1963
Das tödliche Patent
8.0
TV Movie
- novel
- 1963
BBC Sunday-Night Play
8.5
TV Series
- Writer
- 1961–1963
Drama 61-67
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 1962
Et pletfrit mord
TV Movie
- play
- 1962
The Verdict Is Yours
TV Series
- writer
- 1962
Kello pysähtyi
TV Mini Series
- play
- 1962
The United States Steel Hour
8.0
TV Series
- story
- 1962

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Alternative name
- Michael Francis Gilbert
Born
- July 17, 1912
- Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died
- February 8, 2006
- London, England, UK
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Other works
Novel: "Amateur in Violence". NOTE: Filmed as The Unstoppable Man (1961).

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Trivia
A founding member of the Crime Writers' Association of Britain, he was the legal adviser of Raymond Chandler at one time and drew up his will. A soldier in the Royal Horse Artillery in World War II, he was captured in North Africa and imprisoned in Tunis and in Italy, experiences which he drew on for his escape story "Death in Captivity" (1952). He has been called one of the finest of the post-WWII generation of detective writers.