Charles Leslie McFarlane, c. 1965

Publication: Toronto Star, 1965

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Creator

Toronto Star Syndicate

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

A black and white photograph of Charles Leslie McFarlane.

Notes

Charles Leslie McFarlane (1902-1977) was born in Charleton Place, Ontario, on October 25, 1902 and lived in Haileybury, Ontario in his youth. A fiction writer, he wrote many stories for Canadian and American magazines for over 50 years, starting in 1926. He wrote the first books in the Hardy Boys series from 1926 to 1943 under the pen name of Franklin W. Dixon. He was also a reporter for various Canadian and American newspapers. From 1943 to 1957 he was a producer for the National Film Board of Canada in Ottawa. In 1959/60 he was the Chief Editor for the CBC television drama for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He wrote and directed numerous films and wrote more than 70 plays. Mr. McFarlane lived in Whitby from 1936 to 1943 and from 1961 to 1976. He was a member of the Whitby Public School Board and the Whitby Public Library Board in the 1960s, and in 1987 a public school on Garden Street was named after him. Mr. McFarlane died in Oshawa on September 6, 1977. His ashes were spread on the Ottawa River.

Date of Original

1965

Dimensions

Width: 8 in
Height: 10 in

Subject(s)

Newspapers
Periodicals
Radio broadcasting
School boards
Scribes
Television broadcasting

Personal Name(s)

McFarlane, Charles Leslie ; Dixon, Franklin W.

Corporate Name(s)

Hardy Boys ; Toronto Star Syndicate ; National Film Board of Canada ; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Whitby Public Library

Local identifier

31-009-622

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8854382337126 Longitude: -78.935573666687

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