Anthony Shaffer
Writer, barrister and advertising executive from England · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1926 to 2001 · aged 75
Anthony Joshua Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth (1970) and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation.
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Peter Ustinov Also in Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Robin Hardy Directed The Wicker Man (1973)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Frenzy (1972)
Lauren Bacall Anthony wrote Murder on the Orient Express (1977)
Maggie Smith Anthony wrote Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Richard Gere Produced Sommersby (1993)
Jane Birkin Anthony wrote Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Directed Sleuth (1972)
John Gielgud Anthony wrote Murder on the Orient Express (1983)
Guy Hamilton Directed Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Hayley Mills Also in Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
Menahem Golan Produced Appointment with Death (1988)
Michael Winner Directed Appointment with Death (1988)- John Guillermin Directed Death on the Nile (1978)
Arne Sucksdorff Directed Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
Jon Amiel Directed Sommersby (1993)
Yoram Globus Produced Appointment with Death (1988)- Jon Finch Anthony wrote Frenzy (1972)
Colin Blakely Anthony wrote Murder on the Orient Express (1975)
Robert Riettii Anthony wrote Murder on the Orient Express (1983)
Anthony Page Directed Absolution (1978)
Elliott Kastner Produced Absolution (1978)
Roy Boulting Directed Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)- Edgar Scherick Produced Sleuth (1972)
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His screenplays included Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Frenzy (1972) and the folk horror film The Wicker Man (1973).
