Biography
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Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 β 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo.
Filmography
all 33
Movies 30
Writer 28
TV Shows 3
Screenplay 2
Writer
Jo (2019)
Movie
Writer
Jo, Une femme dans les bras un cadavre sur le dos (1995)
Movie
Original Story
Unfinished Crime (1990)
Movie
Writer
Jo (1971)
Movie
8
Writer
The Statue (1971)
Movie
Writer
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
Movie
Writer
Moment to Moment (1966)
Movie
Writer
Der Aussichtsturm (1964)
Movie
Original Story
The Laughing Crime (1963)
Movie
Writer
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Movie
Writer
The Swordsman of Siena (1962)
Movie
Writer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Writer
The Gazebo (1960)
Movie
Screenplay
Vertigo (1958)
Movie
6.63
Writer / Story
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV
Writer
Appointment with a Shadow (1957)
Movie
Story
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Writer
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Movie
5
Writer
The Black Knight (1954)
Movie
Writer
Hell Below Zero (1954)
Movie
Writer
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Movie
Screenplay / Novel
Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)
Movie
Writer
Two on the Tiles (1951)
Movie
Writer
No Highway (1951)
Movie
Writer
Smart Alec (1951)
Movie
Writer
Obsession (1949)
Movie
Writer
Brass Monkey (1948)
Movie
Writer
Woman Hater (1948)
Movie
Writer
Smithy (1946)
Movie
Writer
Just like a Woman (1939)
Movie
Writer
Over the Moon (1939)
Movie
Writer
I Killed the Count (1939)
Movie
Original Film Writer
Vertigo
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.03
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1951
1957
1955
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1907-09-17
Deathday1972-01-22 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceMelbourne, Australia
CitizenshipsAustralia
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