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Donald James
Born1931-08-22
Died2008-04-28
Occupation(s)Television screenwriter
and author

Donald James (aka Donald James Wheal, 1931 to 2008[1] ) was the author of the bestselling novels Vadim, Monstrum, The Fortune Teller and The Fall of the Russian Empire as well as non-fiction books such as The Penguin Dictionary of the Third Reich. He wrote under a number of pseudonyms, notably Thomas Dresden and James Barwick (originally in collaboration with writer Tony Barwick). He also had an extensive career as a scriptwriter on shows such as The Avengers, Space: 1999, "Joe 90" The Champions, "The Secret Service" The Persuaders!, The Saint, Department S, UFO, The Protectors, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Adventurer, "Terrahawks" and Mission: Impossible. After spending periods in Ireland and France, he lived in London, and his autobiographical account of life in World War II London, World's End, was published in 2005. A second volume of his memoirs, titled White City was published in March 2007.

References

  1. ^ Gaughan, Gavin (2008-07-24). "Obituary: Donald James Wheal - Writer of 1960s TV scripts and Inspector Vadim novels". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-02-04.

External Links

Donald James at IMDb

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