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Basil Dickey (November 23, 1880 – June 17, 1958) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 140 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Illinois and died in Long Beach, California.
Basil Dickey was born on 23 November 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), The Crimson Ghost (1946) and Sky Racket (1937). He died on 17 June 1958 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- November 23, 1880
- Basil Dickey
- June 17, 1958
Basil Dickey (November 23, 1880 – June 17, 1958) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 140 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Illinois and died in Long Beach, California.
Screenwriter. Considered Hollywood's foremost writer of action serials, he helped bring many popular comic strip and pulp heroes to the screen. Dickey first gained experience with chapterplays collaborating on the early Pearl White classics The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Exploits of Elaine (1914), and made the...
Basil Dickey, 77, former screenwriter, died yesterday at Magnolia Hospital, Long Beach, after a short illness. Mr. Dickey, writer of cinema serials, came to Southern California from Chicago in 1923. He leaves his widow Alma of 120 Sienna Drive, Long Beach; a daughter, Mrs. Dolores Crane, and a son, Frank.
- November 23, 1880
- June 17, 1958
Basil Dickey was born on 23 November 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), The Crimson Ghost (1946) and Sky Racket (1937). He died on 17 June 1958 in Long Beach, California, USA.
The Border Cavalier is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Wyler and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Fred Humes , Evelyn Peirce , C.E. Anderson, William Barrymore, Joyce Compton , and Dick La Reno .
