Gordon Wellesley

Gordon Wellesley

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🇦🇺 Australia🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Australian screenwriter (1906-1980)

About Gordon Wellesley

Gordon Wong Wellesley (8 December 1894 – 1980) was an Australian-born screenwriter and writer of Chinese descent. Born in Sydney in 1894 He wrote over thirty screenplays in the United States and Britain, often collaborating with the director Carol Reed. He began his career in Hollywood in the early 1930s and worked in Britain beginning about 1935. He was married to the scriptwriter Katherine Strueby. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Story at the 1942 Oscars for Night Train to Munich, which was based on his novel, Report on a Fugitive.

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Known for
Sir Francis Drake, Night Train to Munich, Visa to Canton
Born
1906-12-08
Died
1980-10-01

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