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1921-09-15
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Richard Gordon

Overview

Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Stanley Ostlere (born 15 September 1921), an English surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere has written numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House, and the subsequent film, television, radio and stage adaptations. His The Alarming History of Medicine was published in 1993, and he followed this with The Alarming History of Sex.

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Acting
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Writing
1966 Doctor in Clover Writing Novel 59
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1960 Doctor in Love Writing Novel 58
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1957 Doctor at Large Writing Novel 58
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1955 Doctor at Sea Writing Screenplay 58
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1954 Doctor in the House Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
1958 Grip of the Strangler Production Producer 58
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