Jeffrey Dell | |
Birth Name: | John Edward Flowers Dell |
Birth Date: | 1899 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England |
Death Place: | Haslemere, Surrey, England |
Occupation: | Director, screenwriter |
Years Active: | 1932–1966 |
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Children: | 3 |
John Edward Flowers "Jeffrey" Dell (7 May 1899 – 24 February 1985) was a British writer, screenwriter, and film director.[1]
He is also remembered for his 1939 novel Nobody Ordered Wolves, a satire on the British film industry. His other novels include News for Heaven (1944) and The Hoffmann Episode (1954). He co-wrote the 1937 play Blondie White, later adapted into a Hollywood film.
Dell was the son of John Edward Dell (1875–1936) and Gertrude Dell (née Flowers; 1874–1947).