Robert Bloch
Biography
Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer.
He became most famous as the author of the novel Psycho, which was adapted by Joseph Stefano into the screenplay for the film of the same name, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. His best-known work as a screenwriter is probably The Night Walker (1964), which he wrote for William Castle, although he also penned several scripts for the original series of "Star Trek".
Robert Bloch died in 1994 and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Hitchcock adaptations...
- Psycho (1960) - writer: novel
Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Cure (24/Jan/1960) - writer: story
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Madame Mystery (27/Mar/1960) - writer: story
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Cuckoo Clock (17/Apr/1960) - writer: teleplay
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Changing Heart (03/Jan/1961) - writer: teleplay story
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Greatest Monster of Them All (14/Feb/1961) - writer: teleplay
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Landlady (21/Feb/1961) - writer: teleplay
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Gloating Place (16/May/1961) - writer: teleplay story
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Bad Actor (09/Jan/1962) - writer: teleplay
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Big Kick (19/Jun/1962) - writer: teleplay story
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1962) - writer: story
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1962) - writer: teleplay
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour...
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Annabel (01/Nov/1962) - writer: teleplay
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - A Home Away from Home (27/Sep/1963) - writer: story and teleplay
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Sign of Satan (08/May/1964) - writer: short story
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Water's Edge (19/Oct/1964) - writer: short story
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Final Performance (18/Jan/1965) - writer: story
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Second Wife (26/Apr/1965) - writer: teleplay
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Off Season (10/May/1965) - writer: teleplay
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- Man with a Hobby (March 1957)
- Luck Is No Lady (August 1957)
- Crook of the Month Club (November 1976)
Hitchcock Fiction Anthologies
- Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper in Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense Stories (1947)
- Water's Edge in Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV (1957)
- Man with a Hobby in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 16 Skeletons from My Closet (1963)
- That Hell-Bound Train in Alfred Hitchcock's Witches' Brew (1965)
- A Home Away from Home in Alfred Hitchcock's Noose Report (1966)
- Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbinders in Suspense (1967)
- A Killing in the Market in Alfred Hitchcock: The Graveyard Man (1968)
- Floral Tribute in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By (1971)
- A Killing in the Market in Alfred Hitchcock's Witches' Brew (1975)
- A Home Away from Home in Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Keep You Spellbound (1976)
- Crook of the Month in Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Take Your Breath Away (1977)
- See How They Run in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice (1979)
- Luck is No Lady in Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine (May 1979)
- A Killing in the Market in Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils (1983)
- A Home Away from Home in Hitchcock in Prime Time (1985)
- A Home Away from Home in Tales of Terror (1986)
- A Home Away from Home in Alfred Hitchcock's Book of Horror Stories: Book 9 (1989)
Links
Articles
Awards and Nominations
- 1961 Edgar Allan Poe Awards:
- won for Best Motion Picture (Psycho)
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