Henry Farrell

Henry Farrell (September 27, 1920 – March 29, 2006) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known as the author of the renowned

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Life and work

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He was born Charles Farrell Myers in California, and grew up in Chowchilla, California. Under the name Charles F. Myers, he wrote the "Toffee" short stories in SF magazines in the 1940s and 1950s. Later taking the pseudonym Henry Farrell, his first novel was The Hostage, published in 1959. It was filmed in 1966.

With

Henry Farrell died in his home in Pacific Palisades, California at age 85. According to his obituary, he completed another novel, titled A Piece of Clarisse, shortly before his death.[1] There is currently no word on publication.

Novels

• The Shades of Toffee (1950) (as Charles F. Myers)
• The Hostage (1959)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1960)
• Death on the Sixth Day (1961)
• How Awful About Allan (1963)
• Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1967)

Short stories

As Charles F. Myers

• "I'll Dream of You" (1947)
• "You Can't Scare Me!" (1947)
• "Toffee Takes a Trip" (1947)
• "Toffee Haunts a Ghost" (1947)
• "The Spirit of Toffee" (1948)
• "Toffee Turns the Trick" (1949)
• "The Shades of Toffee" (1950)
• "The Vengeance of Toffee" (1951)
• "No Time for Toffee!" (1952)
• "The Laughter of Toffee" (1954)

• "Double Identity" (1951)
• "Blessed Event" (1954)

As Henry Farrell

• "What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?"
• "The Eyes of Charles Sand"
• "Where Beauty Lies"
• "The Do-Gooder"

Filmography

• Bus Stop (1961) - 1 episode ("Jaws of Darkness")
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) - 1 episode ("Where Beauty Lies")
• Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964, with Lukas Heller)
• The Hostage (1966)
• Perry Mason (1965–66) - 2 episodes ("The Case of the Wrathful Wraith", "The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers")
• How Awful About Allan (1970, TV movie)
• The House That Would Not Die (1970, TV movie)
• What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
• The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972, TV movie)

See also

• List of horror fiction authors

References