I need some help to find information on a 1930s crime writer
and wonder if anyone can help with suggestions.
Hugh Brooke wrote a few novels in the 1930s, the English born
son of a Bavarian count who came to England around the turn
of the 19th century. Although I have a date and place of
birth, I cannot find him in any of the birth registers
available here. I am therefore trying to trace the father. A
German count, he changed his name when he came to England,
but ended up in Hollywood playing eccentric millionaires, mad
scientists etc in B movies - in the 1930s I assume. But I do
not know the name he worked under. Does anyone know of anyone
who is a walking encyclopedia on Hollywood B movies of the
1930s who might be able to identify the father?
Many thanks John
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