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Clarence Budington Kelland
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Born
July 11
,
1881
·
Portland, Michigan, USA
Died
February 18
,
1964
·
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
(undisclosed)
Mini Bio
Clarence Budington Kelland was born on July 11, 1881 in Portland, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for
Mr. Deeds (2002)
,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
and
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
. He was married to Betty Carolina Smith. He died on February 18, 1964 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Family
Spouse
Betty Carolina Smith
(1907 - 1962) (her death, 2 children)
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American author, journalist, editor and newspaper publisher.
Frequent contributor to "The Saturday Evening Post" and "The American" magazines.
Conservative Republican, personal friend of
Herbert Hoover
and
Barry Goldwater
. Kelland was a critic of both
Franklin D. Roosevelt
and
Dwight D. Eisenhower
.
Once estimated that he put over 10 million words into his 60 novels and nearly 400 short stories during his 61-year writing career.
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I'm the best second-rate writer in America.
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