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Alexander Baron
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Alexander Baron (1917-1999) was a novelist and screenwriter. Born into a working class Jewish home in Hackney, Baron joined the Communist Party as a young man, saw the thick of ba…
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Alexander Baron (1917-1999) was a novelist and screenwriter. Born into a working class Jewish home in Hackney, Baron joined the Communist Party as a young man, saw the thick of battle in Sicily and Normandy during WWII, and became one of the most admired novelists of post-war Britain. His first novel, From the City, From the Plough (1948) was based on his own wartime experiences, specifically D-Day, and was acclaimed as the definitive novel of WWII. It was the first of a trilogy, including There's No Home (1950) and The Human Kind (1953), the latter of which was adapted into the film The Victors (1963). Literary success led to him writing screenplays for films such as Robbery Under Arms (1957) and The Siege of Sidney Street (1960). This was followed by a string of novels about working class life in post-war London, including The Lowlife (1963), a cult novel for many other writers ever since, and a secondary career as a TV scriptwriter, specifically adapting literary classics like The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967), The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), A Horseman Riding By (1978), Sense and Sensibility (1981), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982), Stalky & Co. (1982) Jane Eyre (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), Oliver Twist (1985) and Vanity Fair (1987). In recent years, Baron's reputation has flourished, with many of his fifteen novels now back in print.
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1987
Vanity Fair
TV show Writer
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1985
Oliver Twist
TV show Adaptation
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1985
Oliver Twist
Movie Writer
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1984
Sherlock Holmes
TV show Dramaturgy
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1984
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Writer
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1984
Goodbye Mr Chips
TV show Writer
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1983
By the Sword Divided
TV show Writer
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1983
Jane Eyre
TV show Writer
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1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
TV show Writer
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1982
Stalky & Co
TV show Writer
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1981
Sense and Sensibility
TV show Writer
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1980
Gentle Folk
Movie Writer
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1978
A Horseman Riding By
TV show Writer
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1975
The Legend of Robin Hood
TV show Writer
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1975
Poldark
TV show Writer
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1975
Nightingale's Boys
TV show Writer
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1974
The Fortunes of Nigel
TV show Adaptation
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1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Screenplay
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1967
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
TV show Writer
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1965
Blackmail
TV show Writer
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1963
The Victors
Movie Novel
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1963
Late Summer
Movie Writer
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1961
Drama 61-67
TV show Writer
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1960
The Siege of Sidney Street
Movie Screenplay
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1959
The Siege of Pinchgut
Movie Additional Dialogue
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1957
Robbery Under Arms
Movie Screenplay
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Writer
