Philip MacDonald

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Philip MacDonald, November 5, 1900, London — December 10, 1980, Woodland Hills, California, was a British thriller writer. He was the grandson of the writer George MacDonald and son of the author Ronald MacDonald and the actress Constance Robertson.[citation needed] During World War I he served in the British cavalry in Mesopotamia, later trained horses for the army, and was a show jumper. After marrying the writer F. Ruth Howard, he moved to Hollywood in 1931. He was one of the most popular mystery writers of the 1930s, and between 1931 and 1963 wrote many screenplays along with a few radio and television scripts. He also raised Great Danes.

His novel Patrol was issued as one of the first twenty Penguin Books, but his best known work may be the novelisation of the film Forbidden Planet (1956). He twice received an Edgar Award for Best Short Story: in 1953, for "Something to Hide", and in 1956, for "Dream No More".

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[edit] Bibliography of works by Philip MacDonald

  • Gentleman Bill (1923)[citation needed]
  • The Rasp (1924)
  • Queen's Mate (1926)
  • Patrol (a.k.a. The Lost Patrol) (1927)
  • The White Crow (1928)
  • Likeness of Exe (1929)
  • The Noose: Anthony Gethryn Investigates (1930)
  • The Link (1930)
  • Rynox, an Exercise in Crime (play, 1930) (a.k.a. The Rynox Murder Mystery and The Rynox Mystery)
  • The Choice (a.k.a. The Polferry Mystery and The Polferry Riddle) (1931)
  • The Crime Conductor, an Adventure of Colonel Anthony Gethryn (1931)
  • Murder Gone Mad (1931)
  • The Wraith (1931)
  • The Maze: An Exercise in Detection (1932)
  • Rope to Spare (1932)
  • Death on My Left (1933)
  • R.I.P. (a.k.a Menace) (1933)
  • Glitter (1934)
  • The Nursemaid who Disappeared (a.k.a. Warrant for X) (1938)
  • The Dark Wheel (1948)
  • Fingers of Fear, and other stories (a.k.a. Something to Hide) (1953)
  • Guest in the House (1956)
  • The Man out of Rain, and other stories (1957)
  • The List of Adrian Messenger (1959)
  • Death and Chicanery, A Collection of Tales (1962)

[edit] As Oliver Fleming

  • Ambrotox and Limping Dick (1920), with Ronald MacDonald
  • The Spandau Quid (1923), with Ronald MacDonald

[edit] As Anthony Lawless

  • Harbour (1931)
  • Moonfisher (1931)

[edit] As Martin Porlock

  • Mystery at Friar's Pardon (a.k.a. Escape) (1931)
  • Mystery in Kensington Gore (1932)
  • X v. Rex (a.k.a. The Mystery of Mr. X and Mystery of the Dead Police) (1933)

[edit] As W. J. Stuart

  • Forbidden Planet (1956)

[edit] Films based on works by MacDonald

[edit] External links


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