Michael Munn ( – July 2022) was a British author,
film historian,
and actor.
Munn's biography of
Steve McQueen has been described as preposterous,
and doubt cast on his biographies of
Frank Sinatra,
John Wayne,
Jimmy Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...
,
Sir Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage ...
,
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...
, and
David Niven
James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in '' Separate Tables'' (1958). Niven's other roles ...
.
Munn lived in
Sudbury, Suffolk
Sudbury (, ) is a market town in the south west of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour near the Essex border, north-east of London. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 13,063. It is the largest town in the Babergh local government d ...
. He died from a heart attack in July 2022, at the age of 69.
Selected books
*1982 ''The stories behind the scenes of the great film epics'' – Illustrated Publications
*1986 ''Charlton Heston'' – Robson Books
*1987 ''The Hollywood Murder Casebook'' – Robson Books
*1989 ''Kirk Douglas'' – St. Martin's Press
*1989 ''
Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved star status with his role in the film ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by ''T ...
: the man and his films'' – Robson Books
*1991 ''Hollywood Rogues'' – Robson Books
*1992 ''
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner'' – Robson Books
*1992 with
Sparks, William ''The last of the
Cockleshell Heroes: a World War Two memoir'' – ISIS Large Print
*1993 ''Hollywood Bad'' – St. Martin's Press
*1993 ''The Hollywood connection: the true story of organised crime in Hollywood'' — Robson Books
*1995 ''
Burt Lancaster: The Terrible-Tempered Charmer'' – Robson Books
*1995 ''Stars at War'' – Robson Books
*1996 ''X-rated: the paranormal experiences of the movie star greats'' — Robson Books
*1997 ''Gene Hackman'' — Robert Hale
*1997 ''The
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femme fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various ...
story'' – Robson Books
*1999 ''Gregory Peck'' – ISIS Large Print Books
*2002 ''
Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and ...
: the untold story'' – Robson Books
*2003 ''
John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth'' – Robson Books
*2005 ''
Jimmy Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...
: The Truth Behind the Legend'' – Robson Books
*2007 ''Lord Larry: The Secret Life of
Laurence Olivier'' – Robson Books
*2008 ''
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...
: prince of players'' –
Skyhorse Pub.
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. is an American independent book publishing company founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City, with a satellite office in Brattleboro, Vermont.
History
The current president and publisher is founder Tony Ly ...
*2009 ''
David Niven
James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in '' Separate Tables'' (1958). Niven's other roles ...
: The Man Behind the Balloon'' – JR Books Ltd
*2010 ''
Steve McQueen: Living on the Edge'' – Aurum Press
References
External links
Munn's website*
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1950s births
Year of birth missing
2022 deaths
British film historians
People from Sudbury, Suffolk