Daniel P. Mannix
Animal collector and author (1911-1997) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 85
Daniel Pratt Mannix IV was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker.
Daniel P. Mannix is read about 116 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Dustjacket illustration by Leo Hershfield for Step Right Up by Daniel P. Mannix, Harper & Brothers, 1951.
Dustjacket illustration by Adolph LeMoult for A Sporting Chance by Daniel P. Mannix, E. P. Dutton, 1967.
Dustjacket illustration by Leonard Shortall for The Outcasts by Daniel P. Mannix, E.P. Dutton, 1965.![Portrait of Sir Francis Dashwood (which he commissioned) by William Hogarth from the late 1750s, parodying Renaissance images of Francis of Assisi. Dashwood, central character in Mannix's The Hellfire Club, was one of the leaders of the Friars of St. Francis (aka the Hellfire Club).[63]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Hogarth_Dashwood.jpg/500px-Hogarth_Dashwood.jpg)
Portrait of Sir Francis Dashwood (which he commissioned) by William Hogarth from the late 1750s, parodying Renaissance images of Francis of Assisi. Dashwood, central character in Mannix's The Hellfire Club, was one of the leaders of the Friars of St. Francis (aka the Hellfire Club).[63]
Print by Johann Moritz Rugendas, Nègres a fond de Calle, taken from Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil, published in 1835. A reduced color reproduction of this print was used on the dust cover of Black Cargoes.
Dustjacket illustration by George Ford for The Killers by Daniel P. Mannix, E.P. Dutton, 1968.
Dustjacket illustration by David K. Stone for Drifter by Daniel P. Mannix, Reader's Digest Press, 1974.Awards
About this person
One of his two best-known works is the 1958 book Those About to Die, which was inspiration for the Ridley Scott film Gladiator in 2000 and the TV drama Those About to Die on Peacock. The other is the 1967 novel The Fox and the Hound, which was loosely adapted into an animated feature film by Walt Disney Productions in 1981.
