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Arthur Hailey (1920–2004)

Writer

He served in the RAF 1939-47 as a flight lieutenant and immigrated to Canada in 1947. A successful writer, his forte lies in his practice of writing novels that have been well researched. After collaborating on adventure novels in the 1950s, he produced a string of best-sellers, including The Final Diagnosis (1959)... See full bio »

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in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 84) in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Bahamas
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2005 Detective (TV movie) (novel "Detective")
 
2003 Hotel (TV movie) (novel)
 
1983-1988 Hotel (TV series)
– Aftershocks (1988) (novel)
– Grand Designs (1988) (novel)
– Contest of Wills (1988) (novel)
– Power Play (1988) (novel)
– Till Death Do Us Part (1988) (novel)
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1986 Strong Medicine (TV movie) (novel "Strong Medicine")
 
1985 International Airport (TV movie) (novel)
 
1980 Airplane! (screenplay "Zero Hour" - uncredited / teleplay "Flight Into Danger" - uncredited)
 
1979 The Concorde... Airport '79 (novel "Airport")
 
1978 Wheels (TV mini-series)
 
1977 Airport '77 (novel "Airport")
 
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV mini-series) (novel)
 
1974 Airport 1975 (novel)
 
1972 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
– Time Lock (1972) (writer)
 
1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
– Time Lock (1972)
 
1971 Terror in the Sky (TV movie) (novel "Runway Zero 8")
 
1970 Airport (from the novel by)
 
1967 Hotel (novel)
 
1965 Zeitsperre (TV movie) (novel)
 
1964 Flug in Gefahr (TV movie) (novel "Flight Into Danger")
 
1963 Vliegtuig in gevaar (TV movie) (story)
 
1962-1963 Suspense (TV series)
– The Troubled Heart (1963) (writer)
– Course for Collision (1962) (writer)
 
1962 Studio 4 (TV series)
– Flight Into Danger (1962) (writer)
 
1961 The Young Doctors (novel "The Final Diagnosis")
 
1960 Encounter (TV series)
– Queen's Peace (1960) (written by)
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Diary of a Nurse (1959) (writer)
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Course for Collision (1958)
 
1957 Zero Hour! (screenplay / teleplay "Flight Into Danger")
 
1956-1957 First Performance (TV series)
– Seeds of Power (1957) (written by)
– Time Lock (1956) (writer)
 
1957 Time Lock (play)
 
1957 Test Pilot (short)
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Time Lock (1956)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
– Flight into Danger (1956) (writer)
 
1956 Flight Into Danger (TV movie)
 
1948 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
 
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1991 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
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– Arthur Hailey (1991) … Himself
 
1985 Bestseller (TV documentary)
 

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Other Works:

(1968) Novel: "Airport" (filmed as Airport)

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Repeatedly said he loved the movie "Airplane!", which of course was a spoof of his "Airport" series. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries