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Jim Thompson (I) (1906–1977)

Writer | Actor

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Many of his early short stories were based on real murders but rewritten from a first-person perspective. See more trivia »

Born:

James Myers Thompson
in Anadarko, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Hollywood, California, USA
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2010 The Killer Inside Me (novel)
 
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks (story)
 
1996 Hit Me (novel "A Swell-Looking Babe")
 
1994 The Getaway (novel)
 
1993 Fallen Angels (TV series)
– The Frightening Frammis (1993) (story)
 
1990 The Grifters (novel)
 
1990 After Dark, My Sweet (novel)
 
1989 The Kill-Off (novel)
 
1981 Coup de torchon (novel "Pop. 1280")
 
1979 Série noire (novel "A Hell of a Woman")
 
1976 The Killer Inside Me (novel)
 
1972 The Getaway (novel)
 
1965 Convoy (TV series)
– The Duel (1965) (writer)
 
1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
– My Name Is Lisa, and I Am Lost (1965) (story / as James Thompson)
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
– Five for One (1961) (writer)
 
1959 Mackenzie's Raiders (TV series)
– Blood on the Rio (1959) (writer)
– Joe Ironhat (1959) (writer)
– Long Ride Home (1959) (writer)
 
1957 Paths of Glory (screenplay)
 
1956 The Killing (dialogue)
 
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1975 Farewell, My Lovely
Judge Baxter Wilson Grayle
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1965) Novel: "Texas By the Tail" See more »

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2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

James Thompson
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Trivia:

Many of his early short stories were based on real murders but rewritten from a first-person perspective. See more »

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