Richard Connell

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Richard Connell
Born	Richard Edward Connnell Jr. (1893-10-17)October 17, 1893 Poughkeepsie, New York
Died	November 22, 1949(1949-11-22) (aged 56)

Richard Edward Conell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist probably best remembered for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time, and his stories were published in the magazines Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an Academy Award during 1942 for best original story for the movie Meet John Doe.

Screenplays and screenwriter credits

The Milky Way (1936) (writer)
Love on Toast (1937) (writer)
Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937) (writer)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) (contributing writer) (uncredited)
Dr. Rhythm (1938) (writer)
Hired Wife (1940) (writer)
Nice Girl? (1941) (writer)
Rio Rita (1942) (screenplay)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943) (screenplay)
Thrill of a Romance (1945) (writer)
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) (writer)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (writer)
Luxury Liner (1948) (writer)

Novels

The Mad Lover (1927)
Murder at Sea (1929)
Playboy (1936)
What Ho! (1937)

Shortfiction Books

The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales' (1922) AKA Mister Braddy's bottle and other humorous tales
Variety (1925) Includes The most dangerous game. ^[1]
Ironies (1930) Includes The law beaters. ^[2]
Apes and angels (1970) Includes The man who could imitate a bee. ^[3]

External links

Additional biography and text of The Most Dangerous Game
Works by Richard Connell (public domain in Canada)
Louise Fox Connell Papers, 1904-1986 at Harvard University Library

References

v t e Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

Films	The Most Dangerous Game (1932) A Game of Death (1945) Run for the Sun (1956) Bloodlust! (1961) The Woman Hunt (1973) Turkey Shoot (1982) Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987) The Running Man (1987) Deadly Prey (1988) Death Ring (1992) Hard Target (1993) Surviving the Game (1994) The Pest (1997) The Condemned (2007) The Tournament (2009)

TV	"Captive Pursuit" "Treehouse of Horror XVI" "Homecoming" "The Vacation Goo" "The Squire of Gothos"

Related	Ultimate X-Men : The Most Dangerous Game

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 54353268 LCCN: n50028704 ISNI: 0000 0001 2133 6855 GND: 138459630 SUDOC: 068728654 BNF: cb14088879s NLA: 35030572 NKC: xx0154475

Persondata
Name	Connell, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Died at 56 years old
Date of birth	October 17, 1893
Place of birth	Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Date of death	November 22, 1949
Place of death

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