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Michael Gilbert(1912-2006)

  • Writer
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Michael Gilbert was born on 17 July 1912 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973), The Man in Room 17 (1965) and Guilty? (1956). He was married to Roberta Marsden and Roberta Mary Marsden. He died on 8 February 2006 in London, England, UK.
BornJuly 17, 1912
DiedFebruary 8, 2006(93)
BornJuly 17, 1912
DiedFebruary 8, 2006(93)
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Known for

Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973)
Orson Welles Great Mysteries
7.7
TV Series
  • Writer
Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in The Man in Room 17 (1965)
The Man in Room 17
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer
Guilty? (1956)
Guilty?
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1956
Breakout (1959)
Breakout
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1959

Credits

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Writer



  • Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973)
    Orson Welles Great Mysteries
    7.7
    TV Series
    • by
    • dramatised by
    • 1973–1974
  • Misleading Cases (1967)
    Misleading Cases
    8.0
    TV Series
    • television adaptation
    • 1971
  • Gerald Harper in Hadleigh (1969)
    Hadleigh
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1971
  • Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in The Man in Room 17 (1965)
    The Man in Room 17
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1966
  • Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)
    The Third Man
    7.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1965
  • The Mind of the Enemy
    TV Mini Series
    • writer
    • 1965
  • Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960)
    Armchair Mystery Theatre
    6.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1964
  • Nigel Patrick in Zero One (1962)
    Zero One
    8.5
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1963
  • Siegfried Lowitz and Horst Tappert in Das tödliche Patent (1963)
    Das tödliche Patent
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1963
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1961–1963
  • Drama 61-67 (1961)
    Drama 61-67
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1962
  • Søren Elung Jensen in Et pletfrit mord (1962)
    Et pletfrit mord
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1962
  • Martin Benson in The Verdict Is Yours (1958)
    The Verdict Is Yours
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1962
  • Kello pysähtyi
    TV Mini Series
    • play
    • 1962
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
    8.0
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Michael Francis Gilbert
  • Born
    • July 17, 1912
    • Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • February 8, 2006
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouses
      Roberta Marsden1947 - February 8, 2006 (his death, 7 children)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Amateur in Violence". NOTE: Filmed as The Unstoppable Man (1961).

Did you know

  • 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.

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