Gordon Wellesley

Gordon Wellesley (8 December 1894 – 1980) was an Australian-born screenwriter and writer. Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1894 he wrote over thirty screenplays and television scripts in Britain often collaborating with the director Carol Reed.^[1] He was married to the scriptwriter Katherine Strueby.^[2] He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Story at the 1942 Oscars for his work on Night Train to Munich.

Selected filmography

• Shanghai Madness (1933)
• Java Head (1934)
• Whom the Gods Love (1936)
• Laburnum Grove (1936)
• Night Train to Munich (1940)
• Freedom Radio (1941)
• Atlantic Ferry (1941)
• This Was Paris (1942)
• The Peterville Diamond (1942)
• Flying Fortress (1942)
• The Silver Fleet (1943)
• The Reluctant Widow (1950)
• The Green Scarf (1954)
• The March Hare (1956)
• The Young Jacobites (1960)
• Passport to China (1961)

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919968/
2. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/19382

External links

• Biography of Gordon Wellesley

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Name	Wellesley, Gordon
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Date of birth	8 December 1894
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Date of death	1980
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