Bryan Edgar Wallace

Bryan Edgar Wallace (1904–1971) was a British writer. The son of the writer Edgar Wallace, Bryan was also a writer of crime and mystery novels which were very similar in style to those of his father. During the 1930s, he worked as a screenwriter in the British film industry. During the 1960s and early 1970s, several of his works were made into German films during a boom in adaptations of his father's novels.[1] He died in 1971 at age 67.[2]

Bryan Edgar Wallace
Born	28 April 1904 London, England United Kingdom
Died	1971
Occupation	Writer

He was named after the American politician William Jennings Bryan who has father encountered during a trip to North America.[3]

Filmography

• The Squeaker (1930)
• The Frightened Lady (1932)
• The Flying Squad (1932)
• White Face, the Fiend (1932)
• My Old Dutch (1934)
• The Clairvoyant (1935)
• Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936)
• Murder on Diamond Row (1937)
• Inspector Hornleigh (1939)
• The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939)
• Secret of the Black Trunk (1961) made in Germany, based on Wallace's book Death Packs a Suitcase
• The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963) made in Germany
• The Mad Executioners (1963) made in Germany
• Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963) made in Germany
• The Phantom of Soho (1964) made in Germany
• The Monster of London City (1964) made in Germany
• The Racetrack Murders (1964) aka The Seventh Victim, made in Germany
• Death Avenger of Soho (1971) Spanish film directed by Jesus Franco, based on Wallace's book Death Packs a Suitcase
• The Dead Are Alive (1972) made in Italy, directed by Armando Crispino
• Der Todesrächer von Soho (1972) made in Germany, based on Wallace's book The Corpse Packs His Bags

Wallace also reputedly contributed to the screenplay for Dario Argento's The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) but was uncredited.

References

1. Bergfelder p.152
2. "Authors : Wallace, Bryan Edgar : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved Oct 19, 2019.
3. Clark p. 87

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
• Clark, Neil. Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2015.

External links

• Bryan Edgar Wallace on IMDb