Alec Coppel

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1907-09-17

Deathday 1972-01-22 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Melbourne, Australia

Alec Coppel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo.

Known For

Writer

Vertigo

as Original Film Writer

2019
Jo

as Author

1990
Unfinished Crime

as Original Story

1971
Joe: The Busybody

as Theatre Play

1968
1968
1966
Moment to Moment

as Screenplay

1966
1963
The Laughing Crime

as Original Story

1962
1960
The Gazebo

as Novel

1958
Vertigo

as Screenplay

1957
1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Story

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Writer

1954
The Black Knight

as Screenplay

1954
Hell Below Zero

as Screenplay

1953
1951
1951
1951
Smart Alec

as Writer

1951
1949
Obsession

as Screenplay

1949
Obsession

as Novel

1949
Obsession

as Dialogue

1948
Brass Monkey

as Screenplay

1948
Woman Hater

as Story

1939
Over the Moon

as Writer

1939
I Killed the Count

as Theatre Play

1939