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name: "Graham Greene"
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imdb_id: "nm0001294"
tmdb_id: 15379
wikidata_id: "Q128560"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 October 1904"
died: "3 April 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-10-07T10:55:20.127238+00:00"
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# Graham Greene

## Identity

Graham Greene

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/graham-greene
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** graham-greene
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001294
- **TMDB ID:** 15379
- **Wikidata ID:** Q128560
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Greene, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15379

Writer. Born 2 October 1904 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died 3 April 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 October 1904, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 3 April 1991
- **Active:** 1949–1985
- **Also known as:** Henry Graham Greene 
- **Frequently works with:** [Maurice Denham](https://film.one/person/maurice-denham.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Greene, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15379

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Third Man*](https://film.one/film/the-third-man.md) (92)

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## Biography

Graham Greene was an English writer and screenwriter. Born Henry Graham Greene on 2 October 1904 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, he died on 3 April 1991 in Corseaux, Switzerland. He wrote novels, short stories, plays and screenplays, and worked as a film critic in the 1930s.

Greene wrote the screenplay for the film *The Third Man* (1949), directed by Carol Reed. He also wrote the screenplay for *The Fallen Idol* (1948) and adapted several of his own works for the screen, including *Our Man in Havana* (1960). Many of his novels, such as *Brighton Rock* (1938), *The Quiet American* (1955) and *The End of the Affair* (1951), have been adapted into films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, english-heritage.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Third Man* (1949), Fi1m 92, Screenplay, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/the-third-man.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *Destructors.* (2020), Original Story
- *Brighton Rock* (2010), Novel
- *The Quiet American* (2002), Novel
- *The End of the Affair* (1999), Novel
- *Earth and the American Dream* (1992), as Reader (voice)
- *Honorární konzul* (1991), series, Novel
- *This Gun for Hire* (1991), Novel
- *Strike It Rich* (1990), Novel
- *The Tenth Man* (1988), Novel
- *May We Borrow Your Husband?* (1986), Story
- *Monsignor Quixote* (1985), Novel, Screenplay, Producer
- *Dr. Fischer of Geneva* (1984), Novel
- *The Honorary Consul* (1983), Novel
- *The Potting Shed* (1981), Writer
- *Celebrity Playhouse* (1981), series, Writer
- *L'Amant complaisant* (1980), Writer
- *The Istambul Train* (1980), series, Novel
- *The Human Factor* (1979), Novel
- *Late Night Story* (1978), series, Writer
- *Shades of Greene* (1975), series, Writer
- *Tajný agent* (1974), series, Novel
- *England Made Me* (1973), Novel
- *Day for Night* (1973), as English Insurer (uncredited)
- *Travels with My Aunt* (1972), Novel
- *The Wounded Wolf* (1972), Novel
- *The Comedians* (1967), Novel, Screenplay
- *Ministerstvo strachu* (1966), series, Novel
- *Quinta colonna* (1966), series, Novel
- *The Power and the Glory* (1963), Novel
- *Studio 4* (1962), series, Novel
- *Studio 4* (1962), series, Writer
- *Güneş Doğmasın* (1961), Novel
- *Our Man in Havana* (1960), Novel, Screenplay
- *The Quiet American* (1958), Novel
- *Short Cut to Hell* (1957), Novel
- *Across the Bridge* (1957), Short Story
- *Saint Joan* (1957), Screenplay
- *Loser Takes All* (1956), Writer, Producer
- *The End of the Affair* (1955), Novel
- *The Stranger's Hand* (1954), Story
- *The Heart of the Matter* (1953), Novel
- *The Third Man* (1949), Screenplay, Book — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-third-man.md)
- *The Fallen Idol* (1948), Short Story, Screenplay
- *Brighton Rock* (1948), Novel, Screenplay
- *The Fugitive* (1947), Novel
- *The Man Within* (1947), Novel
- *Confidential Agent* (1945), Novel
- *Ministry of Fear* (1944), Novel
- *Went the Day Well?* (1942), Original Story
- *This Gun for Hire* (1942), Novel
- *21 Days* (1940), Writer
- *The New Britain* (1940), Writer
- *The Future’s in the Air* (1938), Writer
- *The Green Cockatoo* (1937), Story
- *Orient Express* (1934), Novel
- *The Captain and the Enemy*, Novel

## Gallery

- ![Graham Greene](https://film.one/media/person/59065/gallery-64d59717600d.jpg) Graham Greene — FOTO:Fortepan — ID 84697: Adományozó/Donor: Magyar Hírek folyóirat. archive copy at the Wayback Machine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Graham_Greene_angol_%C3%ADr%C3%B3%2C_1975_Fortepan_84697.jpg/1280px-Graham_Greene_angol_%C3%ADr%C3%B3%2C_1975_Fortepan_84697.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Authors Graham Greene and Michael Mewshaw outside Chez Felix Restaurant, Antibes, France, 1976](https://film.one/media/person/59065/gallery-0e970d46e402.jpg) Authors Graham Greene and Michael Mewshaw outside Chez Felix Restaurant, Antibes, France, 1976 — Sporcomutanda, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Authors_Graham_Greene_%28L%29_and_Michael_Mewshaw_%28R%29%2C_Summer_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Memorial on the wall of Berkhamsted School Chapel to Charles Henry Greene, headmaster of Berkhamsted School, and his wife Marion Raymond, who were the parents o (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/59065/gallery-8dae5aacda7d.jpg) Memorial on the wall of Berkhamsted School Chapel to Charles Henry Greene, headmaster of Berkhamsted School, and his wife Marion Raymond, who were the parents o (2011) — Wikidwitch, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Charles_Greene_memorial.jpg/1280px-Charles_Greene_memorial.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Foto von deutscher Erstausgabe Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit (1947) von Graham Greene (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/59065/gallery-ce2548ec6d46.jpg) Foto von deutscher Erstausgabe Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit (1947) von Graham Greene (2020) — Reiner Fluss, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Erstausgabe_deutsch.jpg/1280px-Erstausgabe_deutsch.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![German book "Der stille Amerikaner" by Graham Greene (orig. "The Quiet American"), publisher: Paul Zsolnay, 1956](https://film.one/media/person/59065/gallery-5203adb8afc7.jpg) German book "Der stille Amerikaner" by Graham Greene (orig. "The Quiet American"), publisher: Paul Zsolnay, 1956 — unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/German_book_%22Der_stille_Amerikaner%22_by_Graham_Greene%2C_orig._%22The_Quiet_American%22%2C_2nd_edition_8_weeks_after_1st_edition_1956.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Graham Greene](https://film.one/media/person/59065/gallery-e2afef55da50.jpg) Graham Greene — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Graham-Greene-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1950: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Fallen Idol*

### Other awards — 7 won, 13 nominated

- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1983: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- Jerusalem Prize 1981: Jerusalem Prize (won)
- Dos Passos Prize 1980: Dos Passos Prize (won)
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1978: Neustadt International Prize for Literature (nominated)
- The Grand Master 1976: The Grand Master (won)
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1970: Neustadt International Prize for Literature (nominated)
- Shakespeare Prize 1968: Shakespeare Prize (won)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1963: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1962: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1961: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1960: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1959: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1958: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Play 1957: Tony Award for Best Play (nominated), for *The Potting Shed*
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1956: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1953: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1952: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1950: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1948: James Tait Black Memorial Prize (won), for *The Heart of the Matter*
- Hawthornden Prize 1941: Hawthornden Prize (won), for *The Power and the Glory*

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

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