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C. S. Forester

Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 27, 1899Died April 2, 1966 (66 years)
Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

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Known For

  • Greyhound
  • The African Queen
  • Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War
  • Sink the Bismarck!
  • Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
  • Horatio Hornblower: Retribution
  • Horatio Hornblower: The Duel
  • Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship
  • Hornblower: Mutiny
  • Captain Horatio Hornblower
  • Hornblower: Loyalty
  • Hornblower: Duty
  • The Pride and the Passion
  • Commandos Strike at Dawn
  • Born for Glory
  • Synnitön lankeemus
  • Not Everyone Has Dragons

C. S. Forester Filmography

2020
Greyhound · as Novel
2003
Hornblower: Duty · as Novel
2003
1998
1998
1998
Hornblower (TV Series) · as Novel
1977
The African Queen · as Novel
1976
Not Everyone Has Dragons (TV Series) · as Novel
1957
1953
Sailor of the King · as Novel
1951
The African Queen · as Novel
1951
1947
Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Novel
1943
1943
1935
1932
Payment Deferred · as Novel

1950
You Bet Your Life (TV Series) · as Self - Author

2001
2001
Hornblower: Mutiny · as Author
1999
1999
1979
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Story
1961
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Story By
1961
The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Based On Characters Created By
1960
1942
1942
Eagle Squadron · as Story

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