Born on this day – Edgar Wallace:

Writer

Producer

Director

April 1, 1875 – February 10, 1932

Credits:

Books:
 

A Debt Discharged (1926); A King By Night (1928); A Present for Evans (1924); Again Sanders (1928); Again The Ringer (aka The Ringer Returns) (1929); Again the Three Just Men (aka The Law of the Four Just Men) (1921); Angel Esquire (1908); Barbara on Her Own (1926); Big Foot (1927); Black Cat Weekly #109 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #123 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #21 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #47 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #49 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #54 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #56 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #92 (2023); Blue-Hand (1927); Bones (1915); Bones in London (1921); Bones of the River (1923); Bosambo of the River (1914); Captains of Souls (1923); Circumstantial Evidence (1934); Death Packs a Suitcase (1961); Double Dan (aka Diana of Kara-Kara) (1924); Down Under Donovan (1930); Educated Evans (1924); Eve's Island (1909); Fighting Snub Reilly (1934); Flat 2 (1927); Flying Fifty-five (1922); For Information Received (1929); Four Square Jane (1929); Good Evans (aka The Educated Man) (1924); Great Stories of Real Life (1930); Guilty Creatures (2021); Heroes All (1914); Jack o'Judgment (1920); John Flack (1930); Kate Plus 10 (1917); King Kong (1933); Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces (1915); KONG (2023); Lieutenant Bones (1918); Menace of the Monster (2019); More Educated Evans (1924); Mr J. G. Reeder Returns (1932); Mr Justice Maxwell (1927); Murder in the Falling Snow (2022); On the Spot (1931); People (1929); Planetoid 127 (1929); Red Aces (1932); Room 13 (1924); Sanders (aka Mr. Commissioner Sanders) (1926); Sanders of the River (1911); Sandi The Kingmaker (1922); Selected Novels (1985); Sergeant Sir Peter (aka Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D.) (1932); Silinski - Master Criminal (1930); Terror Keep (1927); The Admirable Carfew (1914); The Adventures of Heine (1919); The Angel of Terror (aka The Destroying Angel) (1922); The Avenger (aka The Hairy Arm) (1925); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Black Abbot (1926); The Book of All Power (1923); The Brigand (1928); The Calendar (1930); The Cheaters (1910); The Clue of the New Pin (1923); The Clue of the Silver Key (aka The Silver Key) (1930); The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1917); The Coat of Arms (aka The Arranways Mystery) (1931); The Council of Justice (1908); The Crimson Circle (1922); The Daffodil Mystery (aka The Daffodil Murder) (1920); The Dark Eyes of London (1929); The Daughters of the Night (1925); The Day of Uniting (1930); The Death Room (1986); The Devil Man (1931); The Door with Seven Locks (1926); The Double (1928); The Duke in the Suburbs (1909); The Face in the Night (1924); The Feathered Serpent (1930); The Fellowship of the Frog (1925); The Flying Squad (1929); The Forger (aka The Clever One) (1927); The Four Just Men (1905); The Fourth Plague (1913); The Frightened Lady (aka The Mystery of the Frightened Lady) (1932); The Ghost of Down Hill (1929); The Golden Hades (1929); The Governor of Chi-Foo (1933); The Green Archer (1926); The Green Mamba (aka The Dangerous Reptile) (1925); The Green Ribbon (1929); The Green Rust (1919); The Gunner (aka Gunman's Bluff (1928); The Guv'nor (aka Mr. Reeder Returns) (1932); The Hand of Power (1930); The India Rubber Men (1929); The Iron Grip (1929); The Joker (aka The Colossus (1926); The Just Men of Cordova (1917); The Keepers of the King's Peace (1917); The Lady of Ascot (1930); The Lone House Mystery (1929); The Man at the Carlton (1931); The Man from Morocco (1926); The Man Who Bought London (1915); The Man Who Knew (1919); The Man Who Was Nobody (1927); The Missing Million (1923); The Mission The Failed (1898); The Mixer (1927); The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder (aka The Mind of Mr J G Reeder) (1925); The Nine Bears (aka The Other Man) (1910); The Northing Tramp (aka The Tramp) (1926); The Orator (1928); The People of the River (1912); The Platform Edge (2019); The Queen of Sheba's Belt (1929); The Ringer (1928); The River of Stars (1913); The Road to London (1986); The Secret House (1917); The Sinister Man (1924); The Sooper (1984); The Square Emerald (aka The Girl from Scotland Yard) (1926); The Squeaker (aka The Squealer) (1927); The Standard History of the War (1914); The Strange Countess (1925); The Terrible People (1928); The Thief in the Night (1930); The Three Just Men (1929); The Three Oak Mystery (1924); The Traitor's Gate (1927); The Twister (1928); The Valley of Ghosts (1922); The War of the Nations (1914); The Yellow Snake (1926); This England (1927); Unofficial Despatches (1901); When the Gangs Came to London (1932).

 

Movies and television:
 

Skull Island: Rise of Kong (2023); FilmToons Logic (2021); King Kong Skull Island (2019); Kong: Skull Island (2017); Le mystère des jonquilles (2014); Banglar King Kong (2010); Kong: Return to the Jungle (2007); The Vexxer (2007); King Kong (2005); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); Kong: King of Atlantis (2005); Der Engel des Schreckens (2005); Der Wixxer (2004); Das Schloss des Grauens (2002); Kong: The Animated Series (2000); Theater: Der Hexer (1999); The Mighty Kong (1998); Der Blinde (1996); Das Karussell des Todes (1996); Die Katze von Kensington (1996); The Mixer (1992–1993); The Revenge of the Living Dead Girls (1987); King Kong Lives (1986); Kingu Kongu Tsû: Ikari no Megaton Panchi (1986); Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle (1986); Die Schokoladenschnüffler (1986); Rùzový Hubert (1985); Viaje a Bangkok, ataúd incluido (1985); Voces de Muerte (1983); Sangre en mis zapatos (1983); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983); Il Camaleonte (1979); The Feathered Serpent (1976–1978); King Kong (1976); Night of the Skull (1974); What Have You Done to Solange? (1972); Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972); Il laccio rosso (1971); The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969–1971); Angels of Terror (1971); The Devil Came from Akasava (1971); Double Face (1969); The Man with the Glass Eye (1969); Gorilla Gang (1968); The Zombie Walks (1968); L'oro di Londra (1968); The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968); The College Girl Murders (1967); King Kong Escapes (1967); Five Golden Dragons (1967); Creature with the Blue Hand (1967); The Trygon Factor (1966); Der Bucklige von Soho (1966); Psycho-Circus (1966); The Sinister Monk (1965); Again the Ringer (1965); Coast of Skeletons (1965); Face of a Stranger (1964); The Main Chance (1964); Downfall (1964); Das Verrätertor (1964); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960–1964); The Mysterious Magician (1964); We Shall See (1964); The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964); Room 13 (1964); The Double (1963); To Have and to Hold (1963); The Set Up (1963); The Rivals (1963); The Partner (1963); Return to Sender (1963); On the Run (1963); Five to One (1963); Accidental Death (1963); Death Drums Along the River (1963); The Indian Scarf (1963); The Black Abbot (1963); Der Hexer (1963); King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963); Der Zinker (1963); Ricochet (1963); Der Fluch der gelben Schlange (1963); Incident at Midnight (1963); Locker Sixty Nine (1962); Backfire! (1962); Death Trap (1962); Solo for Sparrow (1962); Playback (1962); The Inn on the River (1962); Der Hexer (1962); Time to Remember (1962); The Door with Seven Locks (1962); Number Six (1962); Candidate for Murder (1962); Secret of the Red Orchid (1962); The Share Out (1962); Flat Two (1962); The Sinister Man (1961); The Fourth Square (1961); Clue of the Silver Key (1961); Never Back Losers (1961); Man Detained (1961); Attempt to Kill (1961); Partners in Crime (1961); Noita (1961); The Strange Countess (1961); The Forger of London (1961); The Devil's Daffodil (1961); Clue of the New Pin (1961); Dead Eyes of London (1961); Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961); Marriage of Convenience (1960); Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960); The Man Who Was Nobody (1960); Crossroads to Crime (1960); The Terrible People (1960); The Avenger (1960); The Four Just Men (1959–1960); Armchair Theatre (1960); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); Urge to Kill (1960); The Red Circle (1960); Face of the Frog (1959); Der Zinker (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1958); Educated Evans (1957–1958); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1957); Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte (1956); Der Hexer (1956); Inner Sanctum (1954); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); The Ringer (1952); Danger (1951); Kraft Theatre (1947–1950); The Squeaker (1949); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1948); On the Spot (1948); The Calendar (1948); The Green Pack (1947); The Ringer (1946); The Missing Million (1942); The Green Archer (1940); The Flying Squad (1940); The Frightened Lady (1940); Chamber of Horrors (1940); A Criminal at Large (1939); The Human Monster (1939); The Ringer (1939); The Secret Four (1939); The Missing People (1939); Flying Fifty-Five (1939); The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939); Old Bones of the River (1938); The Ringer (1938); The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936); Smoky Cell (1938); The Phantom Strikes (1938); The Terror (1938); Queen of Crime (1938); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1938); On the Spot (1938); Thank Evans (1938); Dangerous to Know (1938); Mystery of Room 13 (1938); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); The Frog (1937); Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936); Chick (1936); Educated Evans (1936); The Crimson Circle (1936); Prison Breaker (1936); Born to Gamble (1935); Sanders of the River (1935); The Lad (1935); The Feathered Serpent (1934); Giallo (1934); Return of the Terror (1934); Mystery Liner (1934); Der Doppelgänger (1934); Quelqu'un a tué... (1933); The Jewel (1933); Before Dawn (1933); King Kong (1933); Le jugement de minuit (1933); The Ringer (1932); The Flying Squad (1932); Criminal at Large (1932); The Menace (1932); The Old Man (1931); Bachelor's Folly (1931); Der Zinker (1931); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931); To Oblige a Lady (1931); The Gaunt Stranger (1931); Red Aces (1930); The Squeaker (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); The Yellow Mask (1930); The Valley of Ghosts (1930); Prince Gabby (1929); The Wrecker (1929); The Clue of the New Pin (1929); Der rote Kreis (1929); The Flying Squad (1929); The Man Who Changed His Name (1928); The Forger (1928); The Terror (1928); The Ringer (1928); The Terrible People (1928); Mark of the Frog (1928); Der große Unbekannte (1927); The Brotherhood (1926); The Green Archer (1925); A Dear Liar (1925); The Flying Fifty-Five (1924); The Diamond Man (1924); Fighting Snub Reilly (1924); Down Under Donovan (1922); The Crimson Circle (1922); Melody of Death (1922); The River of Stars (1921); The Four Just Men (1921); Wanted at Headquarters (1920); Angel Esquire (1919); The Green Terror (1919); Pallard the Punter (1919); The Man Who Bought London (1916); Nurse and Martyr (1915).