British screenwriter (1908–1964)
Edward Guy Trice Morgan (6 February 1908 – 20 July 1964) was a British screenwriter.[1]
Morgan was educated at Haileybury College and Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1929.[2] He worked as a journalist and film critic for the Daily Express. During the Second World War, Morgan served in the RNVR; he was wounded in a raid on a Yugoslav island, and became a POW.
After the war he wrote his first novel, The Captive Heart, which he sold to Ealing, launching his career.[3] His other books included Only Ghosts Can Live (1945) and Adventures of the Sea Hawk. He was co-author of the play Albert R.N., which he later adapted as a screenplay. He also wrote early episodes of the Storm Nelson strip in Eagle.
Morgan married, and had a daughter. He died in 1964.
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