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. He later wrote everything from James Bond films to entries in the "Planet of the Apes" series, and also was a ...
In 1943-1944 he was chief instructor at Camp X in Ontario. His wartime experience helped him write screenplays for films like "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" and "Goldfinger".
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He was film critic for the London "News Chronicle" newspaper for many years until it ceased publication at the start of the 1960s; he then moved for three years to the London "Daily Herald", leaving it in the Spring of 1963 to concentrate full-time on writing screenplays.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
screenplay
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
story
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
written by
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
written by
Fragment of Fear
1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
screenplay / story
Beryl Reid Says Good Evening
1968
TV Series additional material - 1 episode
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
screenplay
The Night of the Generals
1967
adapted for the screen by / additional dialogue
The Deadly Affair
1967
screenplay
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1965
screenplay
Goldfinger
1964
screenplay
ITV Play of the Week
1960
TV Series adaptation - 1 episode
A Place for Gold
1960
Documentary short commentary writer
Orders to Kill
1958
screenplay
On Such a Night
1956
Short screenplay
Waters of Time
1951
Documentary short
Seven Days to Noon
1950
original story
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Innocents
1961
lyrics: "O Willow Waly"
Your Hit Parade
1953
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Moulin Rouge
1952
lyrics: "It's April Again", "White Sea Bird" uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fragment of Fear
1970
associate producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Waters of Time
1951
Documentary short
Narrator (voice)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1975
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Best British Screenplay
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
1966
Edgar
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Motion Picture
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
1959
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best British Screenplay
Orders to Kill (1958)
1952
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1975
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
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