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Date of Birth
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04-December-1903
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Place of Birth
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New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich, George Hopley, William Irish, Woolrich, Cornell, Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich, Cornell Woolrich, Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich, William Irish, George Hopley
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Profession
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Writer, Novelist, Author, Screenwriter
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Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich the fourth best crime writer of his day, behind only Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner and Raymond Chandler. A check of film titles reveals that more film noir screenplays were adapted from works by Woolrich than any other crime novelist, and many of his stories were adapted during the 1940s for Suspense and other dramatic radio programs.
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