Richard Condon

Also Credited As:

Richard Thomas Condon
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Biography

His work was often darkly comic, but often not comic at all, delving into the inner recesses of evil minds, tackling the notion of what people do when in the power seat.

A product of the New York City schools, Condon worked for 22 years as a publicist, including a stint with Walt Disney, before publishing his first novel, "The Oldest Confession," in 1958. A museum theft caper, it was made into a film as "The Happy Thieves" with Rex Harrison in …

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Job Title

Writer

Born

March 18, 1915

LATEST CREDITS

Winter Kills

Source Material (from novel) ("Winter Kills" )

Prizzi's Honor

Screenplay, Source Material (from novel) ("Prizzi's Honor" )

The Happy Thieves

Source Material (from novel) ("The Oldest Confession" )

An Infinity of Mirrors

Source Material (from novel )

The Manchurian Candidate

Source Material (from novel) ("The Manchurian Candidate" ), Source Material (from novel:"The Manchurian Candidate" )