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Jack Higgins(1929-2022)

  • Writer
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Jack Higgins in A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Jack Higgins was born on 27 July 1929 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Eagle Has Landed (1976), A Prayer for the Dying (1987) and The Violent Enemy (1967). He was married to Denise Palmer and Amy Hewitt. He died on 9 April 2022 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
BornJuly 27, 1929
DiedApril 9, 2022(92)
BornJuly 27, 1929
DiedApril 9, 2022(92)
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Known for

Jenny Agutter, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Donald Sutherland in The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
The Eagle Has Landed
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1976
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
A Prayer for the Dying
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1987
Tom Bell and Susan Hampshire in The Violent Enemy (1967)
The Violent Enemy
6.0
  • Writer(as Hugh Marlowe)
  • 1967
Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Victor Buono, and John Colicos in The Wrath of God (1972)
The Wrath of God
6.0
  • Writer(as James Graham)
  • 1972

Credits

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Writer

  • Kyle MacLachlan in Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol (1998)
    Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1998
  • Kyle MacLachlan in Thunder Point (1998)
    Thunder Point
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1998
  • Rob Lowe in Midnight Man (1997)
    Midnight Man
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • novel "Eye of the Storm"
    • 1997
  • Rob Lowe and Daphne Cheung in On Dangerous Ground (1996)
    On Dangerous Ground
    4.4
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1996
  • Night of the Fox (1990)
    Night of the Fox
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1990
  • Confessional (1989)
    Confessional
    6.5
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 1989
  • A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
    A Prayer for the Dying
    6.3
    • novel
    • 1987
  • Teri Garr, Robert Wagner, and Horst Janson in To Catch a King (1984)
    To Catch a King
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • novel (as Harry Patterson)
    • 1984
  • Read All About It
    5.3
    TV Series
    • questions: Quiz of the Week
    • 1979
  • Jenny Agutter, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Donald Sutherland in The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
    The Eagle Has Landed
    6.9
    • novel
    • 1976
  • Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Victor Buono, and John Colicos in The Wrath of God (1972)
    The Wrath of God
    6.0
    • Writer
    • novel (as James Graham, as James Graham)
    • 1972
  • Tom Bell and Susan Hampshire in The Violent Enemy (1967)
    The Violent Enemy
    6.0
    • novel "A Candle for the Dead" (as Hugh Marlowe)
    • 1967

Personal details

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    • France's national library catalogue
  • Alternative names
    • James Graham
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • July 27, 1929
    • Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 9, 2022
    • Jersey, Channel Islands, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Denise Palmer1985 - April 9, 2022 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Day of Judgment".
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

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    Published 85 books during his lifetime. The final one in 2017 was titled The Midnight Bell.

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