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James Hadley Chase (1906–1985)

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Chase was born in London and educated at King`s School, Rochester, Kent. He left home at the age of 18 and worked as children encyclopedia salesman and book wholesaler before devoting himself to writing. He wrote his first book NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH in the age of 33. During his career Chase published some 80 books... See full bio »

Born:

René Brabazon Raymond
in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 78) in Corseaux, Vaud, Switzerland
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1998 Palmetto (novel "Just Another Sucker")
 
1995 Rough Magic (novel "Miss Shumway Waves a Wand")
 
1995 The Set Up (book "My Laugh Comes Last")
 
1994 Snayper (novel)
 
1993 Requiem per voce e pianoforte (TV movie) (story "What's Better Than Money")
 
1992 Kazino (novel)
 
1991 L'avvoltoio può attendere
 
1991 The Bay of Death (novel "Asphalt Jungle")
 
1990 Mais qui arrêtera la pluie? (TV movie) (novel "Tu me suivras dans la tombe")
 
1990 Présumé dangereux (novel "Believed Violent")
 
1990 Want to Stay Alive (TV movie) (novel "Want to Stay Alive")
 
1990 Have a Nice Night (TV movie) (novel)
 
1989 Try This One for Size (novel)
 
1986-1988 Série noire (TV series)
– Cause à l'autre (1988) (novel "Tell it to the Birds")
– Chantons en choeur (1987) (novel "The Soft Center")
– Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1986) (novel / as J.H. Chase)
 
1988 Cambiamento d'aria (TV movie) (novel)
 
1987 Assicurazione sulla morte (TV movie) (novel)
 
1986 Rigged (book "Hit and Run")
 
1983 Mirazh (TV mini-series) (novel)
 
1982 Patto con la morte (TV mini-series) (novel)
 
1978 Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Pas d'orchidées pour Miss Blandisch (TV movie) (novel "No Orchids for Miss Blandish")
 
1976 Crime and Passion (novel "There's an Ace Up My Sleeve")
 
1975 The Catamount Killing (novel "I'd Rather Stay Poor")
 
1975 Flesh of the Orchid (novel)
 
1972 Not Dumb, the Bird (novel "Just a Matter of Time")
 
1971 The Grissom Gang (based on novel by "No Orchids for Miss Blandish")
 
1970 Trop petit mon ami (novel The Way The Cookie Crumbles)
 
1968 A Little Virtuous (novel)
 
1968 The Woman Is a Stranger (novel)
 
1967 The Blonde from Peking (novel)
 
1967 Lotosblüten für Miss Quon (novel)
 
1967 The Night of the Generals (based on an incident written by)
 
1965 Die Katze im Sack (TV mini-series)
– Zweiter Teil (1965) (novel "Lay Her Among the Lilies")
– Erster Teil (1965) (novel "Lay Her Among the Lilies")
 
1965 Crime on a Summer Morning (novel / screenplay)
 
1964 Coffin from Hong Kong (novel "A Coffin from Hong Kong")
 
1964 Mark of the Tortoise (novel "Pay Or Die")
 
1964 Mission to Venice (novel "Mission to Venice")
 
1963 Chair de poule (novel "Come Easy--Go Easy")
 
1963 The Cobweb (novel)
 
1963 Miss Shumway Goes West (novel "Miss Shumway Waves a Wand")
 
1962 Eva (novel)
 
1961 Dans la gueule du loup (novel)
 
1961 The World in My Pocket (novel "On Friday at Eleven")
 
1960 Les canailles (novel "Fais-Moi Confiance")
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Dark as the Night (1959) (novel)
 
1959 It Only Happens to the Living (novel "The Things Men Do")
 
1959 Hit and Run (novel)
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– A Dead Ringer (1958) (story)
 
1957 A Kiss for a Killer (novel)
 
1957 Retour de manivelle (novel)
 
1957 Young Girls Beware (novel)
 
1957 The Man in the Raincoat (novel "Tiger by the Tail")
 
1952 Man Bait (original story)
 
1951 Lucky Nick Cain (novel)
 
1948 No Orchids for Miss Blandish (book)
 
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1960 Spectacular (TV series) (inspired by - 1 episode)
– Dont Stop, Your Killing Me (1960) (inspired by)
 
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1957 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
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– Episode dated 16 May 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
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(11/81) Stage: Wrote (w/Robert David MacDonald) "No Orchids for Miss Blandish," performed at the Plymouth Hoe Theatre in Plymouth, Devon, England, with Tracy Boden, Elsa Toole, Tim Swinton, Brian Abbot, and Garry Cooper in the cast. Lizzi Becker was director. See more »

Alternate Names:

J.H. Chase
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Has been called "the king of thriller writers in England and on the Continent," though also derided as a "secondhand James M. Cain." See more »

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