WRITER · BORN 1875 · DIED 1932
Edgar Wallace
- Born
- 1 April 1875
- Died
- 10 February 1932
42 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
8 Facts About Edgar Wallace's Life and Family
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Edgar Wallace was the father of Bryan Edgar Wallace, who followed in his footsteps as a thriller writer, some of whose works were filmed.
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Throughout his childhood, Edgar Wallace was known as Richard Horatio Edgar Freeman; the surname was that of his adoptive parents.
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After enlisting in the army, Edgar Wallace was posted to South Africa in 1896 with the West Kent regiment.
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When Edgar Wallace died suddenly, he was planning to adapt several of his own novels for Hollywood.
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Edgar Wallace was the father of Eleanor Clare Hellier Wallace, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Patricia Marion Caldecott Wallace, Michael Blair Wallace and Penelope Wallace, the grandfather of Penelope Wyrd, the half-brother of Marriott Edgar and the uncle of Hindle Edgar.
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Edgar Wallace's 1926 autobiography does not mention his mother, likely because of the sorrow he felt toward her over his being given up for adoption.
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After a period of truancy, Edgar Wallace left school at the age of 12.
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In 1878, Edgar Wallace was nearly sent to a workhouse in London. His mother could no longer pay his foster family to care for him. The problem was resolved after young Wallace was formally adopted.
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