Howard Clewes
Born(1912-10-27)27 October 1912
York, England
Died29 January 1988(1988-01-29) (aged 75)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, Novelist
Years active1938–1979

Howard Clewes (27 October 1912 29 January 1988) was an English screenwriter and novelist. He wrote for eight films between 1951 and 1974. He also wrote twenty action novels from 1938 to 1979.[1] He was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Screenplay in 1960 for The Day They Robbed the Bank of England.

He was born in York, England. In 1946, he married Renata Faccincani della Torre, a wartime resistance fighter. She was an active (uncredited) editor in his literary and screenwriting projects.[1]

Filmography

Novels

  • Sailor Comes Home (1938)
  • Dead Ground (1946)
  • The Unforgiven (1947)
  • Thus am I Slayn (1948)
  • The Mask Of Wisdom (1949)
  • Green Grow the Rushes (1949)
  • The Long Memory (1951)
  • An Epitaph For Love (1953)
  • The Way The Wind Blows (1954)
  • Man On A Horse (1964)
  • The Libertines (1966)
  • I, The King (1979)

Play

Image in the sun (1955)

References

  1. 1 2 Renata Clewes obituary; London Independent 10 August 2009.


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