AC

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

34

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-09-17

Deathday

1972-01-22 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Australia

Alec Coppel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo.

Known For

Vertigo
8.2%

Vertigo

May 28, 1958

Joe: The Busybody
7.2%

Joe: The Busybody

Aug 31, 1971

No Highway in the Sky
6.9%

No Highway in the Sky

Jun 28, 1951

Obsession
6.8%

Obsession

Aug 3, 1949

Obsession
6.8%

Obsession

Aug 3, 1949

Obsession
6.8%

Obsession

Aug 3, 1949

The Gazebo
6.9%

The Gazebo

Jan 15, 1960

The Captain's Paradise
5.5%

The Captain's Paradise

Sep 28, 1953

The Captain's Paradise
5.5%

The Captain's Paradise

Sep 28, 1953

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Vertigo as Original Film Writer
2019
Jo as Author
1990
Unfinished Crime as Original Story
1971
Joe: The Busybody as Theatre Play
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Screenplay
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Theatre Play
1966
Moment to Moment as Screenplay
1966
Moment to Moment as Story
1963
The Laughing Crime as Original Story
1962
The Swordsman of Siena as Screenplay
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Writer
1960
The Gazebo as Novel
1958
Vertigo as Screenplay
1957
Alcoa Theatre as Story
1957
Alcoa Theatre as Writer
1957
Appointment with a Shadow as Screenplay
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Story
1954
The Black Knight as Screenplay
1954
Hell Below Zero as Screenplay
1953
The Captain's Paradise as Screenplay
1953
The Captain's Paradise as Story
1951
Mr. Denning Drives North as Novel
1951
Mr. Denning Drives North as Screenplay
1951
Two on the Tiles as Writer
1951
No Highway in the Sky as Writer
1951
Smart Alec as Writer
1949
Obsession as Novel
1949
Obsession as Screenplay
1949
Obsession as Dialogue
1948
Brass Monkey as Screenplay
1948
Woman Hater as Story
1939
Just like a Woman as Writer
1939
Over the Moon as Writer
1939
I Killed the Count as Theatre Play
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