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Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies.
Alec Coppel was born on 17 September 1907 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953) and Hell Below Zero (1954). He was married to Myra Coppel. He died on 22 January 1972 in London, England, UK.
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- September 17, 1907
- Alec Coppel
- January 22, 1972
Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies.
Alec Coppel was born on September 17, 1907 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953) and Hell Below Zero (1954). He was married to Myra Coppel. He died on January 22, 1972 in London, England, UK.
- September 17, 1907
- January 22, 1972
Alec Coppel was born Alexander Coppel in Melbourne, the son of Maurice Coppel, a Melbourne-born financier, and Elizabeth Coppell, nee Affleck. He had a brother Albert and a sister Sarah Amelia. He attended Wesley College, where he was involved in the Wesley College Dramatic Society: a newspaper report from 1925 notes,
ALEC COPPEL was an Australian-born writer of screenplays, novels and stage plays. His first two produced plays - Short Circuit (1935) and The Stars Foretell (1936) - had only short runs, but I Killed The Count (1937) became a West End hit, racking up 185 performances.
Alec Coppel: Survivor By Stephen Vagg During his lifetime, Alec Coppel was one of the most successful Australian authors in the world. He had hit plays on Broadway and the West End, wrote popular novels and made movies with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Alex Korda and James Stewart.
