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George Goodchild
George Goodchild (1 December 1888 – 1969), also known as Alan Dare, Wallace Q. Reid, and Jesse Templeton, was a British author, screenwriter, and director. Over 200 Goodchild works were published during his lifetime and posthumously. His literary characters include Inspector McLean, spy catcher Q33 Trelawney, Nigel Rix, and Trooper O'Neill. Goodchild's films include Colorado Jack (1921), Bucking the Barrier (1923), The Public Defender (1931), Condemned to Death (1932), Trooper O'Neill (1932), and No Escape (1936).
Goodchild was born in Kingston upon Thames in 1888. Goodchild married Dora Mary Hill and had one son and two daughters while living at The Great Quarry, Guildford. Before full-time writing, he worked in journalism and publishing. He died at Aldershot in 1969, aged 80.
Goodchild's complete works include novels, plays, novelizations, short stories, non-fiction, anthologies, collections, films, editing, and a 1921 Children's News science fiction submission. McLean stories appeared anonymously in The Weekly News until 6 October 1979, ten years after Goodchild's death.*18
He wrote and directed films based on books and stories.
Several awards were named after him.
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George Goodchild
George Goodchild (1 December 1888 – 1969), also known as Alan Dare, Wallace Q. Reid, and Jesse Templeton, was a British author, screenwriter, and director. Over 200 Goodchild works were published during his lifetime and posthumously. His literary characters include Inspector McLean, spy catcher Q33 Trelawney, Nigel Rix, and Trooper O'Neill. Goodchild's films include Colorado Jack (1921), Bucking the Barrier (1923), The Public Defender (1931), Condemned to Death (1932), Trooper O'Neill (1932), and No Escape (1936).
Goodchild was born in Kingston upon Thames in 1888. Goodchild married Dora Mary Hill and had one son and two daughters while living at The Great Quarry, Guildford. Before full-time writing, he worked in journalism and publishing. He died at Aldershot in 1969, aged 80.
Goodchild's complete works include novels, plays, novelizations, short stories, non-fiction, anthologies, collections, films, editing, and a 1921 Children's News science fiction submission. McLean stories appeared anonymously in The Weekly News until 6 October 1979, ten years after Goodchild's death.*18
He wrote and directed films based on books and stories.
Several awards were named after him.