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Jan Read. Writer: Jason and the Argonauts. Son of a Scottish chemist, Jan Read developed a love of the movies from an early age. In 1946 he abandoned academia to follow his boyhood dreams, moving first to New York and then Hollywood, where he worked with Fritz Lang to learn the ropes as both a writer and producer.
- Jan Read
- November 29, 2012
- November 18, 1917
Dec 5, 2012 · Jan Read, who has died aged 95, was a scientist, a film and television writer and a wine expert. He lived much of his life in Scotland and his many achievements included working on the classic...
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Dec 11, 2012 · Jan Read was a successful scriptwriter, who wrote the sword-and-sandals adventure Jason and the Argonauts, helped create Dixon of Dock Green and played a key role in persuading the BBC to make...
One of the most significant film industry figures to hail from St Andrews is the scriptwriter Jan Read, who was born in St Andrews in 1917.
Dec 2, 2012 · Jan Read passed away in the wee hours of 29 November 2012 at the grand old age of 95. Known in the world of wine as the first pioneering English authority on Spain and Portugal, by virtue of The Wines of Spain and Portugal , published by Faber in 1973, he would go on to write a plethora of further seminal books throughout the 1980s ...
Jan Read was a man with many talents. He did secret research work during the Second World War. He wrote the scripts for dozens of films and television shows. He helped to shape the popular perception.
5 days ago · Updated 4:20 PM PDT, August 9, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. David Nicholas Dempsey’s sentence is among the longest among ...
