Geoffrey Percival Orme (10 June 1904 – 21 January 1978) was a British screenwriter for television and film. Orme's prolific film work extended from the 1930s to the 1960s and included a number of the popular

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films starring

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. His script for the

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television series ''

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'', ''

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'', was commissioned by producer

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and recorded with

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in 1967. It featured the notion of

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being buried under the sea and controlled by the insane Professor Zaroff.

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* 1904 births 1978 deaths English science fiction writers English horror writers English television writers English male screenwriters British male television writers 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers {{UK-tv-bio-stub