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
The Cardinal and the Corpse (1992)Oliver Twist (1985) — Adaptation · Writer · CreatorOliver Twist (1985) — WriterSherlock Holmes (1984) — DramaturgyThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Writer · AdaptationGoodbye Mr Chips (1984) — Writer · CreatorJane Eyre (1983) — WriterBy the Sword Divided (1983) — WriterThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) — Writer · CreatorStalky & Co (1982) — Writer · CreatorSense and Sensibility (1981) — Writer · CreatorA Horseman Riding By (1978) — WriterPoldark (1975) — WriterThe Legend of Robin Hood (1975) — WriterThe Fortunes of Nigel (1974) — Adaptation · Writer · CreatorPlayhouse (1974) — WriterThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) — Screenplay · TeleplayThe Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) — Writer · CreatorBlackmail (1965) — WriterThe Victors (1963) — NovelThe Siege of Sidney Street (1960) — ScreenplayThe Siege of Pinchgut (1959) — Additional DialogueRobbery Under Arms (1957) — ScreenplayArmchair Theatre (1956) — Writer