Nigel Balchin (3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970) was an English novelist and screenwriter particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness Falls From the Air, The Small Back Room (which popularised the terms "boffin" and "backroom boys") and Mine Own Executioner.
May 17, 1970, Regent's Park, London, United Kingdom
Place Of Birth
Potterne, Wiltshire, England, UK
Profession
Writer
Spouse
Yovanka Tomich (m. 1953), Elizabeth Walsh (m. 1933–1951)
Children
Penelope Leach, Charles Balchin, Prudence Anne Balchin, Freja Balchin, Cassandra Balchin
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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There is practically nothing in which I am not or cannot be intensely interested.
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Fact
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After leaving university, he worked as a research scientist until the Second World War started, During the war, he worked as a psychologist in the Personnel Department of the War Office.
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His first two books, both short, uncharacteristic works which were first serialized in "Punch", were published under the pseudonym of "Mark Spade".
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British novelist and screenwriter. Studied natural science at Cambridge University and was subsequently employed as an industrial scientist during the 1930's. During World War II, Balchin rose to the rank of brigadier and became Deputy Scientific Advisor to the Army Council, experiences later reflected in his best-known novel "The Small Back Room". In between scientific research, he worked as a screenwriter after the war, both in Britain and in Hollywood.
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Children with Yovanka - Charles and Cassandra
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Children with Elizabeth - Prudence (born 1934), Penelope (born 1937) and Freja (born on 26th December, 1944)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Separate Lies
2005
based on the novel by "A Way Through the Wood"
Au théâtre ce soir
1974
TV Series play - 1 episode
Teatro de misterio
1970
TV Series 1 episode
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Uncle Charles
1967
TV Series book - 1 episode
ITV Play of the Week
1965
TV Series novel - 1 episode
Elf Jahre und ein Tag
1963
novel "A Way Through the Woods"
The Hatchet Man
1962
TV Movie original screenplay
Barabbas
1961
uncredited
The Singer Not the Song
1961
screenplay
The Risk
1960
novel "A Sort of Traitor" / screenplay
Circle of Deception
1960
screenplay
Mijn eigen beul
1960
TV Movie play "My own Executioner"
The Blue Angel
1959
writer
Mine Own Executioner
1959
TV Movie original story
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
TV Series novel - 1 episode, 1959 writer - 1 episode, 1955 novel "A Way Through the Wood" - 1 episode, 1954
$700,000
