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name: "R.C. Sherriff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/r-c-sherriff"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 June 1896"
died: "13 November 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:03:10.511489+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# R.C. Sherriff

Writer. Born 6 June 1896 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. Died 13 November 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 June 1896, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 13 November 1975
- **Active:** 1935–1939
- **Also known as:** Robert Cedric Sherriff
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Sherriff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941966, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65854

## Biography

R. C. Sherriff, also known as Robert Cedric Sherriff, was an English playwright and screenwriter. Born on 6 June 1896 in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, he was educated at Kingston Grammar School and worked in insurance before serving as an officer in the First World War, experiences that informed his most famous play, *Journey's End* (1928).

Sherriff wrote numerous plays and novels, and became a prolific screenwriter in Britain and Hollywood. His credits include the screenplays for *The Invisible Man* (1933), *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939, for which he shared an Academy Award nomination), *The Four Feathers* (1939), *Odd Man Out* (1947) and *The Dam Busters* (1955). He died on 13 November 1975 in London.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rcsherrifftrust.org.uk, peoplepill.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Fi1m 89, Adaptation — [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Journey's End* (2017), Theatre Play, Novel
- *Journey's End* (1988), Writer
- *Storm Over the Nile* (1955), Screenplay
- *The Dam Busters* (1955), Screenplay
- *The Night My Number Came Up* (1955), Screenplay
- *Home at Seven* (1952), Theatre Play
- *No Highway in the Sky* (1951), Writer
- *Trio* (1950), Writer
- *Badger's Green* (1949), Original Story
- *Quartet* (1948), Writer
- *Odd Man Out* (1947), Screenplay
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), Writer
- *Stand by for Action* (1942), Original Story
- *This Above All* (1942), Screenplay
- *That Hamilton Woman* (1941), Screenplay
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *The Four Feathers* (1939), Screenplay
- *The Road Back* (1937), Screenplay
- *Dracula's Daughter* (1936), Writers' Assistant
- *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Adaptation — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md)
- *One More River* (1934), Screenplay
- *Badger’s Green* (1934), Original Story
- *The Invisible Man* (1933), Screenplay
- *Journey's End* (1930), Theatre Play
- *The Toilers* (1919), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1940: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Goodbye, Mr. Chips*

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

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