R.F. Delderfield(1912-1972)

Writer

R.F. Delderfield was born on 12 February 1912 in New Cross, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Now and Forever (1956), All Over the Town (1949) and Glad Tidings! (1953). He was married to May ("Marnie") Evans. He died on 24 June 1972 in Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK.

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Now and Forever

6.3

Writer(uncredited)

1956

All Over the Town

6.6

Writer

1949

Glad Tidings!

5.0

Writer

1953

Value for Money

5.9

Writer

1955

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Come Home Charlie and Face Them
7.8
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1990
Diana
8.6
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1984
To Serve Them All My Days
8.5
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1980–1981
A Horseman Riding By
7.5
TV Series
- novel
- 1978
People Like Us
7.7
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1978
Jezebel ex UK
TV Series
- writer
- 1963
BBC Sunday-Night Play
8.5
TV Series
- play
- writer
- 1960–1962
On the Fiddle
5.7
- from a treatment by
- novel "Stop at a Winner"
- 1961
Saturday Playhouse
TV Series
- writer
- 1959
Carry on Sergeant
6.3
- by
- 1958
The Adventures of Ben Gunn
9.0
TV Series
- writer
- 1958
No Shepherds Watched
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1957
The Recording Angells
TV Series
- writer
- 1956
Home and Away
6.4
- additional dialogue
- 1956
Keep It Clean
4.5
- screenplay
- 1956

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Born
- February 12, 1912
- New Cross, London, England, UK
Died
- June 24, 1972
- Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK(lung cancer)
Spouse
- May ("Marnie") EvansMarch 14, 1936 - June 24, 1972 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
Novel: "Come Home Charlie, And Face Them" ISBN 0340286415 (filmed as Come Home Charlie and Face Them (1990))
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- 2 Print Biographies
- 2 Articles

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The location and environment for "The Avenue" ("The Dreaming Suburb" and "The Avenue Goes To War") is based extensively on Addiscombe, near Croydon, where R F Delderfield lived between the ages of 6 and 11.

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