Gordon Wellesley
Authors · Directors · film producer
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.
Quick facts
- Known for
- Sir Francis Drake, Night Train to Munich, Visa to Canton
- Born
- 1906-12-08
- Died
- 1980-10-01
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Books & published works

Sir Francis Drake

Night Train to Munich

Visa to Canton

The Young Jacobites

The Lost People

Love, Life and Laughter

The Silver Fleet

Flying Fortress

Dead Man's Evidence

Freedom Radio

Over the Garden Wall

Java Head

Atlantic Ferry

The Malpas Mystery

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

The Peterville Diamond

The March Hare

Shanghai Madness

The Right to Live

The High Command

Look Up and Laugh

Mr. Emmanuel

Death Drives Through

This Was Paris

The Young Jacobites

The Shipbuilders

The Green Scarf
The Reluctant Widow

Rhythm Serenade
Doomsday at Eleven