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Charles Nordhoff(1887-1947)

  • Writer
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Charles Nordhoff was born on 1 February 1887 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Hurricane (1937) and High Barbaree (1947). He was married to Laura Grainger Whiley and Christianne 'Vahine Tua' Tearae Smidt. He died on 10 April 1947 in Santa Barbara County, California, USA.
BornFebruary 1, 1887
DiedApril 10, 1947(60)
BornFebruary 1, 1887
DiedApril 10, 1947(60)
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Clark Gable and Mamo Clark in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1935
Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane (1937)
The Hurricane
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1937
June Allyson and Van Johnson in High Barbaree (1947)
High Barbaree
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1947
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1962

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  • Hurricane (1979)
    Hurricane
    4.7
    • novel
    • 1979
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    7.2
    • novel
    • 1962
  • Botany Bay (1952)
    Botany Bay
    6.1
    • novel
    • 1952
  • June Allyson and Van Johnson in High Barbaree (1947)
    High Barbaree
    6.4
    • based on the novel by
    • 1947
  • Humphrey Bogart in Passage to Marseille (1944)
    Passage to Marseille
    6.8
    • novel
    • 1944
  • Charles Laughton, Peggy Drake, and Jon Hall in The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
    The Tuttles of Tahiti
    6.0
    • from the novel "No More Gas"
    • 1942
  • Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane (1937)
    The Hurricane
    7.1
    • from the novel by
    • 1937
  • Clark Gable and Mamo Clark in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    7.6
    • book
    • 1935

Personal details

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  • Born
    • February 1, 1887
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 10, 1947
    • Santa Barbara County, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Laura Grainger Whiley1941 - April 10, 1947 (his death)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Botany Bay" (filmed as Botany Bay (1952))

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    Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 453-454 (joint entry with James Norman Hall). New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

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