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Peter Viertel (1920-2007) was an author and screenwriter, best known for his novel White Hunter Black Heart and his OSS service in World War II. He was married twice, to Virginia Ray and Deborah Kerr, and introduced surfing in Europe.
Nov 6, 2007 · Peter Viertel, a noted author and screenwriter who plumbed his relationships with the aristocracy of Hollywood — starting with Greta Garbo, his mother’s best friend — and literary lions...
"Peter Viertel, a screen writer who has become a successful novelist, was chosen by Director John Huston to doctor the final version of The African Queen. Viertel, who was born in Dresden, Germany, and grew up in Santa Monica, California, is the son of a movie director who is also one of the best surviving Lyric poets of Austria.
Nov 6, 2007 · Peter Viertel, the novelist, memoirist and screenwriter best known for his books chronicling episodes in the lives of Ernest Hemingway and John Huston, has died. He was 86. Viertel died of...
Peter Viertel was a screenwriter who adapted novels by Hemingway and wrote The African Queen. He was married to Deborah Kerr and died in 2007.
Peter Viertel has 20 books on Goodreads with 614 ratings. Peter Viertel’s most popular book is White Hunter, Black Heart.
Dec 21, 2007 · The novelist and screen-writer Peter Viertel, whose films include Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Huston's The African Queen (1951), was equally known as a bon viveur and raconteur whose novels...
