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name: "Barré Lyndon"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 August 1896"
died: "23 October 1972"
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average_as: "writer"
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# Barré Lyndon

Writer. Born 12 August 1896 in London. Died 23 October 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 August 1896, London
- **Died:** 23 October 1972
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%C3%A9_Lyndon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2885821, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47755

## Biography

Barré Lyndon was a British playwright and screenwriter. Born Alfred Edgar Frederick Higgs in London on 12 August 1896, he began his career as a journalist specialising in motor racing and as a short-story writer before turning to the stage.

His first play, *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse*, reached the screen in 1938. After further stage success with *The Man in Half Moon Street*, he moved to Los Angeles in 1941 to write for film full time. His screenplays include *The Lodger* (1944), *Hangover Square* (1945), *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952) and *The War of the Worlds* (1953). He was naturalised as a United States citizen in 1952 and also contributed to television series such as *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour*.

Lyndon died in Los Angeles on 23 October 1972.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dark Intruder* (1965), Screenplay
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, Writer
- *The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come* (1961), Screenplay
- *The Man Who Could Cheat Death* (1959), Theatre Play
- *Omar Khayyam* (1957), Writer
- *Conquest of Space* (1955), Adaptation
- *Sign of the Pagan* (1954), Writer
- *Man in the Attic* (1953), Screenplay
- *The War of the Worlds* (1953), Screenplay
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Writer
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *To Please a Lady* (1950), Story, Screenplay
- *Night Has a Thousand Eyes* (1948), Screenplay
- *The House on 92nd Street* (1945), Screenplay
- *Hangover Square* (1945), Screenplay
- *The Man in Half Moon Street* (1945), Theatre Play
- *The Lodger* (1944), Screenplay
- *Sundown* (1941), Screenplay, Story
- *They Came by Night* (1940), Theatre Play
- *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse* (1938), Theatre Play

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 1946: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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