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William Hope Hodgson(1877-1918)

  • Writer
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William Hope Hodgson was born on 15 November 1877 in the UK. William Hope was a writer, known for Attack of the Mushroom People (1963), Suspicion (1957) and The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971). William Hope died on 19 April 1918 in Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
BornNovember 15, 1877
DiedApril 19, 1918(40)
BornNovember 15, 1877
DiedApril 19, 1918(40)
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Known for

Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
Attack of the Mushroom People
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1963
Suspicion (1957)
Suspicion
8.1
TV Series
  • Writer
Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Cineficción Radio (2019)
Cineficción Radio
3.2
Podcast Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer

  • Cineficción Radio (2019)
    Cineficción Radio
    3.2
    Podcast Series
    • story "The Voice in the Night"
    • novel "The House on the Borderland"
    • novel "The Ghost Pirates"
    • 2020–2024
  • Joey Traywick in Haunted Ground (2023)
    Haunted Ground
    • original idea
    • 2023
  • Joey Traywick and Alaine Huntington in Ghost Finder (2020)
    Ghost Finder
    • original idea
    • 2020
  • Curious Matter Anthology (2019)
    Curious Matter Anthology
    Podcast Series
    • original story
    • 2020
  • The Fear
    6.7
    TV Series
    • story
    • 2001
  • Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • by
    • short story "The Horse of the Invisible" (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
    Attack of the Mushroom People
    6.4
    • story "The Voice in the Night"
    • 1963
  • Suspicion (1957)
    Suspicion
    8.1
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1958
  • The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
    7.7
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1954
  • Chevron Theatre (1952)
    Chevron Theatre
    6.3
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1952

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • W.H. Hodgson
  • Born
    • November 15, 1877
    • UK
  • Died
    • April 19, 1918
    • Ypres, Flanders, Belgium(hit by a mortar shell in the Great War)
  • Other works
    T(1907) Novel: "The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' "

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His sister, Lissie Hodgson, was the executor of his estate. He was expected to become one of the finest writers of the supernatural and of the sea, before he was killed in action.)

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