Gordon Wellesley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gordon Wellesley

Australian screenwriter

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1906

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1980

Profession: screenwriter, film director, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gordon Wong Wellesley (8 December 1894 – 1980) was an Australian-born screenwriter and writer of Chinese descent.
Born in Sydney in 1894 He wrote over thirty screenplays in the United States and Britain, often collaborating with the director Carol Reed.
He began his career in Hollywood in the early 1930s and worked in Britain beginning about 1935.
He was married to the scriptwriter Katherine Strueby.
He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Story at the 1942 Oscars for Night Train to Munich, which was based on his novel, Report on a Fugitive.