Hugh Walpole
Birth Name:
Hugh Seymour Walpole
Birth Place:
Auckland, New Zealand
Profession
Writer, Actor
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