What is Edgar Wallace?
{{Infobox person |birth_name = Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace |image = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13109, Edgar Wallace.jpg |image_size = 220px |caption = Edgar Wallace (1928) |birth_date = {{birth date|1875|4|1|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Greenwich]], [[Kent]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1932|2|10|1875|4|1|df=y}} |death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S. |other_names = |spouse = {{marriage|Ivy Maude Caldecott|1901|1918|reason=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Ethel Violet King|1921}} |known_for = Creation of [[King Kong]] |occupation = Crime writer, [[war correspondent]], journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright |nationality = British }} '''Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace''' (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. He was a [[war correspondent]] during the [[Second Boer War]], for [[Reuters]] and the ''[[Daily Mail]]''. He wrote ''[[The Four Just Men (novel)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1905). He ran for Liberal MP for Blackpool in the [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 general election]]. After losing the election, Wallace moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for [[RKO Pictures|RKO]]. There he created [[King Kong]].<ref Name=Burial>{{cite web|url=http://www.archaeologyinmarlow.org.uk/2011/05/edgar-wallace-the-king-of-thrillers/|title=Edgar Wallace, The King of Thrillers|publisher=Archaeology in Marlow|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614232844/http://www.archaeologyinmarlow.org.uk/2011/05/edgar-wallace-the-king-of-thrillers/|archive-date=14 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He died suddenly from [[diabetes]] while writing the draft screenplay for ''[[King Kong (1933 movie)|King Kong]]'' (1933). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Edgar}} [[Category:1875 births]] [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:British war correspondents]] [[Category:British novelists]] [[Category:British screenwriters]] [[Category:British playwrights]] [[Category:Writers fro