Alexander Baron
Writing · Novel · Writer · Screenplay
Born Dec 4, 1917 · Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Active 1956–1999
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…
Filmography
Sherlock Holmes (1984) — DramaturgyJane Eyre (1983) — WriterThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Writer · AdaptationThe Victors (1963) — NovelThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) — Screenplay · TeleplaySense and Sensibility (1981) — Writer · CreatorPoldark (1975) — WriterThe Cardinal and the Corpse (1992)Goodbye Mr Chips (1984) — Writer · CreatorThe Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) — Writer · CreatorThe Siege of Pinchgut (1959) — Additional DialogueThe Legend of Robin Hood (1975) — WriterThe Fortunes of Nigel (1974) — Adaptation · Writer · CreatorOliver Twist (1985) — Adaptation · Writer · CreatorThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) — Writer · CreatorA Horseman Riding By (1978) — WriterBy the Sword Divided (1983) — WriterPlayhouse (1974) — WriterStalky & Co (1982) — Writer · CreatorArmchair Theatre (1956) — WriterRobbery Under Arms (1957) — ScreenplayOliver Twist (1985) — WriterThe Siege of Sidney Street (1960) — ScreenplayLate Summer (1963) — Writer