C.S. Forester
b. 1899 — d. 1966 (aged 67)
Cairo, Egypt
Writer
Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Description above from the Wikipedia article C. S. Forester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.0
Greyhound
2019 Writer
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★ 8.0
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003 Writer
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★ 7.9
Hornblower: Duty
2003 Writer
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★ 8.1
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001 Writer
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★ 8.1
Horatio Hornblower: Retribution
2001 Writer
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★ 7.9
Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War
1999 Writer
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★ 7.8
Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999 Writer
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★ 8.1
Horatio Hornblower: The Duel
1998 Writer
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★ 8.0
Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship
1998 Writer
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★ 7.6
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 Writer
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Plain Murder
1978 Writer
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★ 7.0
The African Queen
1977 Writer
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★ 6.0
Drachen hat nicht jeder
1976 Writer
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★ 9.2
Zahlungsaufschub
1962 Writer
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★ 7.4
The Dick Powell Theatre
1961 Writer
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★ 7.1
Alcoa Premiere
1961 Writer
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★ 7.2
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 Writer
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★ 5.7
The Pride and the Passion
1957 Writer
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★ 7.7
Conflict
1956 Writer
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Books and Authors
1956 Self
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★ 6.8
Sailor of the King
1953 Writer
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★ 7.7
The African Queen
1951 Writer
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★ 7.3
Captain Horatio Hornblower
1951 Writer
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Nurse Cavell
1948 Writer
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★ 7.9
Kraft Theatre
1947 Writer
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★ 6.9
Forever and a Day
1943 Writer
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★ 4.1
Synnitön lankeemus
1943 Writer
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★ 6.6
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 Writer
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★ 6.4
Eagle Squadron
1942 Writer
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★ 6.3
Born for Glory
1935 Writer
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★ 6.8
Payment Deferred
1932 Writer