• Source: George Goodchild

      • George Goodchild (1 December 1888 – 1969), also known as Alan Dare, Wallace Q. Reid, and Jesse Templeton, was a British author, screenwriter, and director. Over 200 Goodchild works were published during his lifetime and posthumously. His literary characters include Inspector McLean, spy catcher Q33 Trelawney, Nigel Rix, and Trooper O'Neill. Goodchild's films include Colorado Jack (1921), Bucking the Barrier (1923), The Public Defender (1931), Condemned to Death (1932), Trooper O'Neill (1932), and No Escape (1936).


      Personal life


      Goodchild was born in Kingston upon Thames in 1888. Goodchild married Dora Mary Hill and had one son and two daughters while living at The Great Quarry, Guildford. Before full-time writing, he worked in journalism and publishing. He died at Aldershot in 1969, aged 80.


      Oeuvre: all works


      Goodchild's complete works include novels, plays, novelizations, short stories, non-fiction, anthologies, collections, films, editing, and a 1921 Children's News science fiction submission. McLean stories appeared anonymously in The Weekly News until 6 October 1979, ten years after Goodchild's death.*18


      Books




      = Series (includes collections)

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      Inspector McLean 66

      Trelawney and other series

      The Man from the West (George Newnes London 1935)
      (Mister) Q 33 (Trelawney) (Newnes 1935, Odhams London 1935)
      This Woman is Wanted (Newnes 1935)
      Danger Below (Hodder 1937)
      Having No Hearts (Hodder 1937)
      Q-33 Spy Catcher (T) (Newnes 1937)
      Dear Conspirator (M?)(Ward Lock London Melbourne 1948)
      Companion to Sirius (M?)(Rich & Cowan London 1949)
      Tiger, Tiger (M?) (Jarrolds 1959)
      Savage Encounter (M?) (Jarrolds 1962)
      Novelized from plays
      The Barton Mystery, from Walter Hackett play (Jarrolds London 1916)
      Tiger's Cub, Alaskan romance from George Potter (Jarrolds 1917)
      Novels

      Collections asst'd

      Anthologies containing stories by George Goodchild
      Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
      Short stories
      Death in the Dance
      The Siamese Cat
      Non-fiction
      The Last Cruise of the Majestic from the log-book of J.G. Cowie (Simpkin 1917)
      Pinches of Salt from the Seven Seas (Jarrolds, 1918)
      Plays
      They All Do It and two other plays with Roberts (Jerrolds 1935)
      Others, Edited by GG


      Films


      He wrote and directed films based on books and stories.

      Colorado Jack (1921) from Colorado Jim
      Bucking the Barrier (1923)
      The Public Defender (1931) from The Splendid Crime
      Condemned to Death (1932) from Jack o'Lantern
      Trooper O'Neill (1932)
      No Escape (1936) from No Exit


      Awards


      Several awards were named after him.

      George Goodchild Memorial Trophy 2010


      References

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