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Denis Gifford

Denis Gifford was a writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist and historian of film, comics, television and radio.

Gifford wrote, and drew, and collected British comics. He contributed to radio and television programs; and directed several short films. He wrote more than fifty books on the creators, performers, characters and history of popular media, some of which capture the history of film and comics in Britain, accounts from people who worked in those media, and lost films, titles, and uncredited creators. He created detailed filmographies of every fiction, non-fiction and animated film ever released in Britain, and of early animated films in the U.S., and the first catalogue that listed every comic published in the UK.

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Born 1927
Died 2000

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  • Cover of: The International Book of Comics

    First published in 1984 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: A Pictorial History of Horror Movies

    First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Bless Em All the World War Two Songbook

    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Discovering comics.

    First published in 1971 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The British film catalogue, 1895-1985: a reference guide

    First published in 1986 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The golden age of radio: an illustrated companion

    First published in 1985 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Comic art of Charlie Chaplin: a graphic celebration of Chaplin's centenary

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Great Cartoon Stars: A Who's Who

    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The American Comic Book Catalogue: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939

    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: British cinema: an illustrated guide

    First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: King Kong and Co!: the film of Edgar Wallace.

    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: British Film Catalogue: Fiction Film, 1895-1994

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Books and Plays in Films, 1896-1915: literary, theatrical and artistic sources of the first twenty years of motion pictures

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: British Cinema: An Illustrated Guide

    First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Mad doctors, monsters and mummies: lobby card posters from Hollywood horrors!

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Chaplin

    First published in 1974 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Books and plays in films, 1896-1915: literary, theatrical, and artistic sources of the first twenty years of motion pictures

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The British comic catalogue, 1874-1974

    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Movie Monsters

    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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Born 1927
Died 2000

Subjects

Comic books, strips, Catalogs, Motion pictures, History and criticism, Motion pictures, great britain, Animated films, Biography, Dictionaries, Horror films, Bibliography, Catalogues, Comic books, strips, etc., Directories, Motion pictures, catalogs, Silent films, Cartoon characters, Cinéma, Comic, Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism, Entertainers, Film adaptations, Acteurs de cinéma, Actors, great britain, Actors, united states, Actrices de cinéma

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Great Britain, United States, Gt. Brit

People

Boris Karloff (1887-1969), Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

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  • OLID: OL399171A

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March 10, 2021 Edited by Sarah Breau Added new photo
March 10, 2021 Edited by Sarah Breau Corrected author name order, added bio, added birth date, added death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import