Darwin Teilhet
| Darwin Teilhet | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Darwin LeOra Teilhet May 20, 1904 Wyanet, Illinois, United States |
| Died |
April 18, 1964 (aged 59) Palo Alto, California, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Darwin L. Teilhet, Darwin and Hildegarde Teilhet, Cyrus Fisher, William H Fielding, Theo Durant |
| Occupation | Mystery novelist, advertising executive, journalist, film screenwriter, consultant |
| Known for | Baron von Kaz, a Viennese detective protagonist |
Darwin LeOra Teilhet (May 20, 1904 – April 18, 1964) was an American mystery novelist, advertising executive, journalist and a film screenwriter and consultant.
Teilhet was born in Wyanet. As a teenager, he traveled in France and worked as a juggler in a circus there. Teilhet was an intelligence officer in the United Kingdom and the US during World War II. He became executive assistant to the president of Dole Pineapple in Hawaii.
Teilhet taught journalism classes at Stanford University, and worked as a screenwriter and consultant for various film producers.
Teilhet created his main detective protagonist, Baron von Kaz, a Viennese, at the instigation of James Poling of Doubleday Books. He wrote some of his mystery novels with his wife, Hildegarde Tolman Teilhet (November 22, 1905 – January 24, 1999). Novels were published by Darwin Teilhet, Darwin L. Teilhet, Darwin and Hildegarde Teilhet or his pseudonyms, Cyrus Fisher (juvenile fiction), William H Fielding and Theo Durant. Teilhet was a Newbery Honor award winner for his Cyrus Fisher novel, "The Avion My Uncle Flew".[1]
Teilhet choose the pseudonym "Cyrus Fisher" as a tribute to his late father-in-law, Cyrus Fisher Tolman (1873–1942), Professor Emeritus of Economic Geology at Stanford University.[2] There is a "Cyrus Fisher Tolman Professor in the School of Earth Sciences" professorship named in his honor, at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University.
Teilhet died in Palo Alto, California. He and his wife are buried together in Golden Gate National Cemetery.
Novels
- Death Flies High (1931)
- Murder in the Air (1931)
- The Talking Sparrow Murders (1934)
- Bright Destination (1935)
- The Ticking Terror Murders (1935)
- The Crimson Hair Murders (1936) with Hildegarde Teilhet
- The Feather Cloak Murders (1936) with Hildegarde Teilhet
- Journey to the West (1938)
- The Broken Face Murders (1940) with Hildegarde Teilhet
- Trouble Is My Master (1942)
- Retreat From the Dolphin (1943)
- Odd Man Pays (1944)
- My True Love (1945)
- The Fear Makers (1945)
- The Avion My Uncle Flew (1946) as Cyrus Fisher
- Something Wonderful to Happen (1947)
- Ab Carmody's Treasure: Mystery and Adventure in Guatemala (1948) as Cyrus T. Fisher
- The Happy Island (1950)
- The Mission of Jeffery Tolamy (1951)
- The Unpossessed (1951) as William H Fielding
- Steamboat on the River (1952)
- Take Me As I Am (1952) as William H Fielding
- Beautiful Humbug (1954) as William H Fielding
- The Lion's Skin (1955)
- The Road to Glory (1956)
- The Hawaiian Sword (1956) as Cyrus T. Fisher
- The Big Runaround (1964) aka Dangerous Encounter
Selected filmography (writer)
- They Wanted to Marry (1937), from a short story
- No Room for the Groom (1952), from his novel, "My True Love"
- The Fearmakers (1958), from his novel, "The Fear Makers"
References
- ↑ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Eliot Blackwelder; Paul E. Holden; Aaron C. Waters (9 November 2003). "MEMORIAL RESOLUTION | CYRUS FISHER TOLMAN (1873 – 1942)" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-07-26.
External links
- Darwin L. Teilhet at the Internet Movie Database
- LibraryThing page
- US 1st Editions page
- Darwin Teilhet at Find a Grave
- Darwin L. Teilhet at Library of Congress Authorities, with 30 catalog records (mainly as 'Teilhet, Darwin L., 1904–' without '1964', previous page of browse report)