Cooper, Giles
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1918-1966) Irish actor and screenwriter, a prolific adapter of others' works to radio and television. His original scripts include Loop (1963), about an invasion of present-day Britain from the future, and The Other Man (1964), which he novelized as The Other Man: A Novel Based on his Play for Television (1964), a Hitler Wins tale set in an Alternate History version of post-World War Two Britain, where Hitler, his life extended through Cybernetics, rules. Cooper was awarded an OBE in 1960. [JC]
Giles Stannus Cooper
born Dublin, Ireland: 9 August 1918
died Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey: 3 December 1966
works
- The Other Man: A Novel Based on his Play for Television (London: Panther Books, 1964) [based on his own teleplay, The Other Man: pb/]
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