Hugh Walpole Biography

Fast Facts

• Was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1937
• Served with the Red Cross in Russia during World War I and was awarded the Order of St․ George for his service
• Attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge University
• Worked as a schoolmaster at a boys' school, an experience that inspired his 1911 novel "Mr Perrin and Mr Traill․"
• Best known as the writer of the screen adaptations for "David Copperfield" and "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and the screenplays for "Vanessa: Her Love Story" and "Kind Lady․"
• Wrote several novels over the course of his life, including "Rogue Herries," "Judith Paris," "Vanessa," and "Mr Perrin and Mr Traill․"
• His house in Brackenburn, England, where he lived from 1924 until his death, included a library with his collection of 30,000 books and a substantial number of paintings
• Made a cameo as the Vicar in the 1935 film "David Copperfield" that he wrote the adaptation for