Ted Allbeury

Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury (born Stockport, 24 October 1917 – died Tunbridge Wells, 4 December 2005) was a British author of espionage fiction.[1][2][3] He served as an intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive between 1940 and 1947, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is believed to be the only British secret agent who parachuted into Nazi Germany during the war, and he remained there until the Allied armies arrived. During the Cold War he was captured and tortured when running agents across the border between East and West Germany. After running his own advertising agency, he became the managing director of the seafort-based pirate radio station Radio 390 in 1964, later moving to the ship-based Radio 355 (see under Swinging Radio England for details) until its closure in August 1967.[4][5]

His first novel, A Choice of Enemies, was published in 1972.[6] Allbeury went on to publish over 40 novels, under his own name as well as Patrick Kelly and Richard Butler.[7]

Media adaptations

Allbeury's 1984 novel No Place to Hide was filmed as Hostage (1992) and starred Sam Neill, Talisa Soto and James Fox. The 1992 film Blue Ice starring Michael Caine is "based" on Allbeury characters.

BBC Radio 4 broadcast adaptions of The Other Side Of Silence (8-part serial, 1982), Pay Any Price (10-part serial, 1983), No Place To Hide (8-part serial, 1984), The Lonely Margins (1988) and Deep Purple (1993).

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collection

Radio plays

Essays

References

  1. ↑ Adrian, Jack (15 December 2005). "Ted Allbeury – Obituaries". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Winks, Robin W. (21 February 1988). "Of Spies And Traitors". Washington Post. p. X1. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Britton, Wesley Alan (2005). Beyond Bond: Spies In Fiction And Film. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 159–. ISBN 9780275985561. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Obituary: Ted Allbeury". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Johns, Adrian (2010-11-08). Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 167–. ISBN 9780393068603. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Criminals At Large – Review". The New York Times. 2 June 1974. p. BR357. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Michael (2 January 2006). "Obituary: Ted Allbeury". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2012.


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