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Occupation British-Canadian writer Died February 10, 1972, England, United Kingdom Spouse Frances Monica Sealy (m. 1926) Movies Young and Innocent, Orders Is Orders Children Antonia Armstrong Willis, John Hughlings Armstrong Willis, Felicity Armstrong Willis Books The Strange Case of, The Trail of Fear (Jimmy R, Prince Who Hiccupped, Ten Minute Alibi, Here We Come Gathering Similar People Edwin Greenwood, Charles Bennett, John Hay Beith, Alma Reville, Josephine Tey | ||
George Anthony Armstrong Willis (1897–1972) was an Anglo-Canadian writer, dramatist and essayist. He was the son of George Hughlings Armstrong Willis, R. N. and Adela Emma Temple Frere; although his parents were both English, he was born in Esquimalt, British Columbia as a consequence of his father's career as a Paymaster Captain in the Royal Navy. They returned to England before his brother's birth in 1900 in Dorset. He was educated at Uppingham School. His brother John Christopher Temple Willis (1900–1969) was Director-General of the Ordnance Survey 1953–1957, and a recognised watercolourist.
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He married Frances Monica Sealy, and had three children: John Humfrey Armstrong Willis (1928–2012); Antonia Armstrong Willis (1932-2017); and Felicity Armstrong Willis (1936-2006). Antonia married the art expert and gallery owner Jeremy Maas; one of their sons, Rupert, is also an art expert, notable for his appearances on the Antiques Roadshow.
Armstrong contributed to the screenplay of Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937); and several of his own works were adapted into films including The Strange Case of Mr Pelham, which was made into a first-season episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (and directed by Hitchcock), and the 1970 film The Man Who Haunted Himself.