Name Barre Lyndon Role Playwright | Spouse Grace Traveller | |
Died October 23, 1972, Los Angeles, California, United States Books Motor Racing and Record Breaking, Sundown Awards Retro Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Movies The War of the Worlds, The Man Who Could Cheat De, The Man in Half Moon Street, The House on 92nd Street, The Lodger Similar People Byron Haskin, H G Wells, George Barnes, John Brahm, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lo | ||
Barré Lyndon (pseudonym of Alfred Edgar) (12 August 1896 – 23 October 1972) was a British playwright and screenwriter. The pseudonym was presumably taken from the title character of Thackeray's novel.
Born in London, he may be best remembered for three screenplays from the 1940s: The Lodger (1944), Hangover Square (1945) and The Man in Half Moon Street (1945). The latter was remade by Hammer Film Productions in 1959 as The Man Who Could Cheat Death.
Lyndon began his writing career as a journalist, particularly about motor-racing, and short-story writer before becoming a playwright. His first play, The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, was made into an Edward G. Robinson film in 1939. After that success, Lyndon moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1941 to concentrate on writing for films full time. He was naturalised as a United States citizen in the United States District Court in Los Angeles as Alfred Edgar Barre Lyndon in 1952.
Alfred Edgar had two sons, Roger Alvin Edgar (b. England, 1924) and Barry Davis Edgar (b. England, 1929) .