| LC control no. | nr 91015753 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6001.C45 |
| Personal name heading | Ackland, Rodney, 1908-1991 |
| Variant(s) | Bernstein, Norman Ackland, 1908-1991 |
| Birth date | 1908-05-18 |
| Death date | 1991-12-06 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures Motion picture industry Motion picture authorship Motion pictures--Production and direction Playwriting Drama Theater Acting |
| Affiliation | Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Screenwriters Motion picture producers and directors Dramatists Actors |
| Found in | His Absolute hell, 1990: t.p. (Rodney Ackland) Number seventeen, [20--?]: opening credits (scenario, Alma Reville, Alfred Hitchcock, Rodney Ackland) The illustrated who's who in British films, 1978: p. 11 (Ackland, Rodney; b. 1908 in London; stage actor, film director and writer, playwright) The encyclopedia of British film, 1993: page 2 (Rodney Ackland (born London, 1908-died Richmond, Surrey, 1991; screenwriter; real name: Bernstein; trained as an actor; by the 30s his career was set firmly in the direction of writing, particularly the adaptation of novels to the stage, and then as a screenwriter) Katz, E. The film encyclopedia, ©2008: page 12 (Rodney Ackland; screenwriter, playwright, actor; born May 18, 1908-died December 6, 1991; began writing for films and stage in 1930; wrote numerous plays and a number of screenplays for British films; directed one motion picture and played supporting parts in several) IMDb, August 12, 2015 (Rodney Ackland; writer, actor, director; studied for the stage at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art in London, England; spent several years acting before turning to the cinema; his career was split between screen writing and acting; born: Norman Ackland Bernstein on 18 May 1908 in London, England; died: 6 December 1991 in Richmond, Surrey, England) LC in RLIN, 5-6-91 (hdg.: Ackland, Rodney, 1908-) |
| Associated language | eng |
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