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Ray Russell was born on 4 September, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American screenwriter. Discover Ray Russell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Occupation Novelist · screenwriter
Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 4 September 1924
Birthday 4 September
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 1999
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1924

Ray Russell (September 4, 1924 – March 15, 1999) was an American editor and writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays.

Russell is best known for his horror fiction, although he also wrote mystery and science fiction stories.

1943

Born in Chicago, Russell served in the U.S. Air Force in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1946, after which he studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music and the Goodman Memorial Institute.

Prior to becoming a writer, Russell worked for the United States Treasury.

1950

In the 1950s, Russell began working for Playboy magazine as a fiction editor.

In this capacity Russell published a large amount of science fiction, fantasy and horror in the magazine; Russell also encouraged and promoted the fiction of Charles Beaumont.

He also contributed to the Paris Review.

1961

His most famous short fiction is "Sardonicus", which appeared in the January 1961 issue of Playboy magazine, and was subsequently adapted by Russell into a screenplay for William Castle's film version, titled Mr. Sardonicus.

American writer Stephen King called "Sardonicus" "perhaps the finest example of the modern gothic ever written".

"Sardonicus" was part of a trio of stories with "Sanguinarius" and "Sagittarius".

In 1961, Russell wrote his first screenplay, Mr. Sardonicus—based on his own short story—for director William Castle.

1962

Russell's first novel was The Case Against Satan (1962), about a young girl possessed by a demon.

It was published almost a decade before a more famous novel with a similar plot, The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.

Darrell Schweitzer described The Case Against Satan as "a Catholic Turn of the Screw" and said the novel "succeeded brilliantly" in making the concept of the Devil frightening to modern readers.

He would write several other screenplays over the next five years, including Zotz! (1962), also for Castle.

For Roger Corman he wrote the screenplays for The Premature Burial (1962) and X (1963)—the former of which was based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story.

1976

In 1976, he published Incubus, a horror novel about a creature raping and murdering young women in a small town.

1982

He would adapt the novel for the 1982 film of the same name, directed by John Hough and starring John Cassavetes.

1991

In 1991 Russell received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

• "Sardonicus"

• "Comet Wine"

• "The Actor"

• "The Cage"

• "The Exploits of Argo"

• "The Sword of Laertes"

• "Montage"

• "Booked Solid"

• "Take A Deep Breath"

• "The Pleasure Was Ours"

• "The Room"

• "I Am Returning"

• "Incommunicado"

• "His Father's House"

• "Last Will And Testament"

• "The Rosebud"

• "London Calling"

• "Ounce of Prevention"

• "Xong of Xuxan"

1999

Russell died of complications resulting from a stroke at a nursing home in Los Angeles, California on March 15, 1999.

He was survived by his wife, Ada Szczepanski, and their two children.