Biography

Clarence Budington Kelland was born on July 11, 1881 in Portland, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for Mr. Deeds (2002), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Strike Me Pink (1936). He was married to Betty Carolina Smith. He died on February 18, 1964 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

American author, journalist, editor and newspaper publisher.

Frequent contributor to "The Saturday Evening Post" and "The American" magazines.

Conservative Republican, personal friend of Herbert Hoover and Barry Goldwater. Kelland was a critic of both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Once estimated that he put over 10 million words into his 60 novels and nearly 400 short stories during his 61-year writing career.

I'm the best second-rate writer in America.