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Paul Edward Dehn (/ ˈ d eɪ n / DAYN; 5 November 1912 – 30 September 1976) was a British screenwriter, best known for Goldfinger, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Planet of the Apes sequels and Murder on the Orient Express.
Paul Dehn. Writer: Murder on the Orient Express. Paul Dehn's show-business career began in 1936 as a movie reviewer for several London newspapers. He later wrote plays, operettas and musicals for the stage. Dehn's first screenplay, for Seven Days to Noon (1950), garnered him an Oscar.
- Writer, Music Department, Producer
- November 5, 1912
- Paul Dehn
- September 30, 1976
Paul Dehn. Writer: Murder on the Orient Express. Paul Dehn's show-business career began in 1936 as a movie reviewer for several London newspapers. He later wrote plays, operettas and musicals for the stage. Dehn's first screenplay, for Seven Days to Noon (1950), garnered him an Oscar.
- November 5, 1912
- September 30, 1976
Paul Dehn (1912-1976) was an extraordinary man who achieved eminence in three fields. He is perhaps best known for being an Academy-Award winning screenwriter, picking up his Oscar for the 1952 Cold War spy thriller, Seven Days to Noon.
Paul Dehn was born on November 5th, 1912 in Manchester, England and was educated at Shrewsbury and Oxford. He served a stint as Major in Special Forces cloak-and-dagger work during the war, from 1939 to 1945, an experience which stood him in good stead for future scenario material.
At the Dark Hour: Collected Poems 1935 – 1965 (2021) £ 15.00. Paul Dehn – few poets can claim to have been a successful spy (only Basil Bunting’s cloak-and-dagger work in Persia during the Second World War comes close); whilst even fewer than that can also claim to have won an Oscar from the fruits of their pen, plus nomination for ...
Paul Dehn was a brilliant Brit who was sent to Camp-X in 1942 to operate as the ‘Political Warfare Instructor’ and a marvelous screenplay writer before the war. When Ian Fleming visiting Camp-X during the summer of 1942, the camp was at capacity and there was no room for visitors.
