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Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)

Alias:
Patrick Ervin
Patrick Howard
Patrick Mac Conaire
REH
Robert Ervin Howard
Sam Walser
Steve Costigan
Two-Gun Bob

Birthplace:
Peaster, Texas, United States

Born:
January 22, 1906

Died:
June 11, 1936

Biography from TheMovieDB

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.  Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. His greatest success occurred after his death.  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Film Production

Characters:
1982  Conan the Barbarian
1984  Conan the Destroyer
1985  Red Sonja
1997  Conan
1997  Kull the Conqueror
2009  Solomon Kane
2011  Conan the Barbarian
2016  Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues
????  Red Sonja

Story:
1982  Conan the Barbarian
1984  Conan the Destroyer
1985  Red Sonja
1997  Conan
1997  Kull the Conqueror
2003  Casonetto's Last Song
2009  Solomon Kane
2011  Conan the Barbarian
2016  Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues
????  Red Sonja

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TV Production

Characters:
1992  Conan the Adventurer
1994  Conan and the Young Warriors
1997  Conan the Adventurer

Short Story:
1960  Thriller
1992  Conan the Adventurer
1994  Conan and the Young Warriors
1997  Conan the Adventurer

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