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Robert Bloch
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scrittore e sceneggiatore statunitense
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 April 1917
- Died
- 23 September 1994
- Works
- 308
Top works
- Bloch and Bradbury
- The best horror stories
- Die besten SF- Stories von Robert Bloch
- Lost in Time and Space With Lefty Feep
- The Best of Frederic Brown
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. He was also known as an excellent standup speaker with a wry sense of humour. He many times remarked that he had "the…
Known for
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story — Self (archive)2007
- Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' — Self2002
- Fear in the Dark — Self1991
- Stephen King's World of Horror — Self1989
- Hollywood Ghost Stories — Himself (uncredited)1986
- The Horror of It All — Self1983
- How to Plan a Movie Murder — Self1964
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Albert Bloch , ( 1917-04-05 ) April 5, 1917, Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- September 23, 1994 (1994-09-23) (aged 77), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Pen name
- Tarleton Fiske, Will Folke, Nathan Hindin, E. K. Jarvis, Floyd Scriltch, Wilson Kane, John Sheldon, Collier Young
- Occupation
- Novelist, short-story writer
- Nationality
- American
- Period
- 1934–1994
- Genre
- Crime , Fantasy , Horror , Science fiction
- Notable works
- Psycho , Psycho II , Psycho House , American Gothic , Firebug
- Spouse
- Marion Ruth Holcombe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1963 ) Eleanor Zalisko Alexander ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Family name
- Bloch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Psycho
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- noir novel
- Image
- Robert Bloch with His Hall of Fame Award, 5 December 1976 (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Commons category
- Robert Bloch
- date of birth
- 1917-04-05
- date of death
- 1994-09-23
- topic's main category
- Category:Robert Bloch
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Robert Bloch
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Robert Bloch, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article · Italiano
Robert Albert Bloch (Chicago, 5 aprile 1917 – Los Angeles, 23 settembre 1994) è stato uno scrittore e sceneggiatore statunitense autore di libri gialli, noir e fantastici.
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