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Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Play Author, Screen Story, Short Story Author Born: September 24, 1920 in London, England Death: January 15, 2001 in London Biography:"Leo Marks" went from a life in the deepest, darkest secret locales in England's World War II espionage operations into life as a screenwriter. Born in London in 1920 and the son of an antiquarian book dealer, Leopold Samuel Marks became intrigued by the idea of codes and ciphers at the age of eight, when he read Edgar Allen Poe's story The Gold Bug. He became proficient at breaking codes as well as devising them, and when World War II broke out, he joined the newly created Special Operations Executive, which aimed at sabotaging the smooth running of Hitler's fortress Europe. Working under the cover of being an employee in the Ministry of Supply, Marks was the chief designer of the codes used to communicate with British agents in the field during World War II.
After the war, Marks pursued his other great ambition, to be a writer, authoring works for the stage and movies. His earliest plays dated... Full Biography
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