Desmond Leslie(1921-2001)

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Composer
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Desmond Leslie was born on 29 June 1921 in Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was a writer and composer, known for Yellow Submarine (1968), Stranger at My Door (1950) and The Venusian (1954). He was married to Jennifer Helen Strong and Agnes Bernelle. He died on 24 February 2001 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

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Known for

Yellow Submarine

7.4

Soundtrack("Dance of the Heavy Water Atoms")

1968

Stranger at My Door

4.7

Writer

1950

The Venusian

5.4

Writer

1954

A for Andromeda

7.2

TV Series

Soundtrack("The Metal Horse", "Destructures 1", "The Metal Horse", "Destructures 1", "Sting Tintabuloid 1", "Death of Satan", "The Metal Horse", "Destructures 1", "The Day the Sky Fell In")

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Writer

Nudes and Variations
Short
- commentary writer
- 1959
The Venusian
5.4
- story
- 1954
Stranger at My Door
4.7
- Writer
- 1950

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Born
- June 29, 1921
- Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
Died
- February 24, 2001
- Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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In 1955, with Brinsley le Poer Trench (Earl Clancarty), he founded the UFO magazine, "The Flying Saucer Review". In 1953, he authored a book on UFO's titled "The Flying Saucers Have Landed." With friend and astonomer Patrick Moore, Leslie wrote the satircal science fiction novel, "Space Race" (1965?).
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