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Charles W. Goddard
writer
- Birth name:
- Charles William Goddard
- Born:
- 1879-11-26, Portland, Maine, USA
- Died:
- 1951-01-11, Miami, Florida, USA
- Professions:
- writer
Biography
Portland, Maine, welcomed Charles W. Goddard on 26 November 1879, and from that seaside cradle he spun cliff-hanging tales that would race ahead of the silent-era camera. Penning the pulse-quickening Perils of Pauline (1914) and the jewel-thief saga The Hope Diamond Mystery (1921), he stitched thrills into the very fabric of early American serials. Decades later, Goddard’s typewriter clacked again, delivering the spooky-comedy romp Scared Stiff (1953) to a new generation of popcorn-munchers. Off-screen he shared his life with Ruth Dickey, his steadfast partner in the plot of reality. The final curtain fell on 11 January 1951 in sun-washed Miami, Florida, sealing a life that had kept audiences gasping for nearly four decades.
