- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Leonard Baxt
- George Baxt was born on June 11, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Night of the Eagle (1962), The Shadow of the Cat (1961) and Horror Hotel (1960). He died on June 28, 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
- American playwright, screenwriter and mystery novelist. The son of Russian and Polish immigrants, he was educated at City College New York and Brooklyn College. He began his career as a disc jockey, then joined a casting agency in Manhattan. He later opened his own agency with an office at the Plaza Hotel. He was based in Britain from the mid-1950s, writing scripts for thrillers and horror films, as well as television. His 1967 mystery novel "A Queer Kind of Death" created something of a stir at the time in that it featured a black detective who spoke jive, drove a Jaguar and was openly gay.
- Best known for his "Pharoah Love" Mysteries from the 1960s.
- In addition to his Pharoah Love books, Baxt also wrote a successful series of 13 mystery novels in which actual Hollywood celebrities interacted with Baxt's fictional characters to solve murders. Titles included The Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case, The Greta Garbo Murder Case and The Clark Gable & Carole Lombard Murder Case.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
