1929 - 1989
Leslie Halliwell British Journalist
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| First Name |
Leslie
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| Last Name |
Halliwell
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| Birthday |
23rd February, 1929
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| Birthplace |
Bolton, Lancashire, England
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| Died |
21st January, 1989
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| Place of Death |
Esher, Surrey, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Film critic, encyclopaedist
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| Occupation |
Journalist
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| Year(s) Active |
1952−1987
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Robert James Leslie Halliwell (23 February 1929 – 21 January 1989) was a British film critic, encyclopaedist and television impresario who in 1965 compiled The Filmgoer's Companion, the first one-volume encyclopaedia devoted to all aspects of the cinema. He followed it a dozen years later with Halliwell's Film Guide, another monumental work of effort and devotion. In the era before the internet, Halliwell's books were regarded as the number one source for movie information, and his name became synonymous with film knowledge and research. Anthony Quinton wrote in the Times Literary Supplement in 1977:
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