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James Clavell

James ClavellAKA James Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle

Born: 10-Oct-1924
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 7-Sep-1994
Location of death: Vevey Switzerland
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Shogun and The Great Escape

Military service: British Royal Artillery (WWII, Malaysia, wounded, POW)

Father: (Royal Navy officer)
Wife: April Stride (actress, m. 1951)
Son: Petra Barrett Brando (adopted by Marlon Brando)

    University: University of Birmingham

    Naturalized US Citizen 1963
    Objectivists

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    The Last Valley (28-Jan-1971)
    Where's Jack? (1-Apr-1969)
    To Sir, With Love (14-Jun-1967)
    Walk Like a Dragon (1-Jun-1960)
    Five Gates to Hell (23-Sep-1959)

Author of books:
Shogun (1975, novel)
Tai-Pan (1966, novel)
Gai-Jin (1993, novel)
King Rat (1962, novel)
Noble House (1981, novel)
Whirlwind (1986, novel)


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