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Gerald Verner was born Robert Stuart Pringle in Streatham, London, England, on June 26,1897. He was a prolific writer of thrillers and wrote more than 120 novels translated into over 35 languages. Among his successful stage plays were adaptations of Peter Cheyney's "The Urgent Hangman" into "Meet Mr.Callaghan" (1952) and the Agatha Christie thriller "Towards Zero" (1956). Many of his books were adapted into radio serials, stage plays and films. In the 1930s he wrote for the magazines "The Thriller" and "Detective Weekly". With changed titles and the protagonists, many of these stories were recycled as novels for publisher Wright & Brown. His style was heavily influenced by that of Edgar Wallace. The Duke of Windsor was an avid fan of Verner's thrillers and was presented with a special edition of 15 of them bound in blue. He died of natural causes at Broadstairs, Kent, England on September 16, 1980.

In his early days Verner used to write as Donald Stuart, and his output included 44 stories for the Sexton Blake Library. He also wrote 6 stories for Union Jack and 3 for the The Thriller. He also wrote two plays, "Sexton Blake" and "The Shadow", as well as two films, The Man Outside (1933) and The Shadow (1933). He died of natural causes at Broadstairs, Kent, England, on September 16, 1980. His son, Christopher Verner, has supervised many special effects projects for films and TV commercials.

(1952) Stage: Adapted &quot;Meet Mr. Callaghan&quot; (based on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0156845/?ref_=nmwrk">Peter Cheyney</a>&#39;s &quot;The Urgent Hangman&quot;).

(1956) Stage: Adapted &quot;Towards Zero&quot; by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0002005/?ref_=nmwrk">Agatha Christie</a>.

(1935) Novel: &quot;The Cleverness of Mr. Budd&quot; (aka &quot;The Case of Mr. Budd&quot;).

(1950) Novel: &quot;The River House Mystery&quot;.

(1933) Novel: &quot;Alias the Ghost&quot;.

(1946) Novel: &quot;The Coupon Crimes&quot;.

(1938) Novel: &quot;The Clue of the Green Candle&quot;.

(1935) Novel: &quot;The Crooked Circle&quot;.

(1965) Novel: &quot;Death Set in Diamonds&quot;.

(1950) Radio: Wrote the serial &quot;The Show Must Go On&quot; (filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0045256/?ref_=nmwrk">Tread Softly (1952)</a>).

(1933) Novel: &quot;The Black Skull&quot;.

(1933) Novel: &quot;The Black Hunchback&quot;.

(1941) Novel: &quot;Dene of the Secret Service&quot;.

(1950) Novel: &quot;Crimson Ramblers&quot; (filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0423632/?ref_=nmwrk">The Crimson Ramblers (1956)</a>).

(1935) Novel: &quot;The Embankment Murder&quot;.

(1936) Novel: &quot;The Hand of Fear&quot;.

(1964) Novel: &quot;The Faceless Ones&quot;.

(1963) Novel: &quot;The Ghost Squad&quot;.

(1934) Novel: &quot;The Lady of Doom&quot;.

(1939) Novel: &quot;The Football Pool Murders&quot;.

(1936) Novel: &quot;The Grim Joker&quot;.

(1937) Novel: &quot;The Glass Arrow&quot;.

(1934) Novel: &quot;The Green Mask&quot;.

(1939) Novel: &quot;The Frightened Man&quot;.

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