Michael Munn
{{Short description|British author and film historian (c. 1952 – 2022)}}
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Michael Munn (October 8, 1952 – 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, Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, and David Niven.
Munn lived in Sudbury, Suffolk. He died from a heart attack in July 2022, at the age of 69.{{cite web |title=RIP Peter Scott-Smith & Michael Munn |url=https://www.sudburydramatic.com/rip-peter-scott-smith-michael-munn |website=Sudbury Dramatic Society |access-date=4 November 2022}}{{cite web |title=Equity magazine Autumn/Winter 2022 |url=https://issuu.com/equityuk/docs/magazine_single_pages |website=issuu |date=November 2022 |access-date=4 November 2022 |pages=45}}
Selected books
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- 1982 The Stories Behind the Scenes of the Great Film Epics – Illustrated Publications {{ISBN|978-0-85242-729-3}}
- 1986 Charlton Heston – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-362-9}}
- 1987 The Hollywood Murder Casebook – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-414-5}}
- 1989 Kirk Douglas – St. Martin's Press {{ISBN|978-0-312-91370-0}}
- 1989 Trevor Howard: The Man and His Films – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-539-5}}
- 1991 Hollywood Rogues – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-638-5}}
- 1992 Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner – Robson Books {{ISBN|0-86051-790-X}}
- 1992 with Sparks, William The Last of the Cockleshell Heroes: A World War Two Memoir – ISIS Large Print {{ISBN|978-1-85695-125-8}}
- 1993 Hollywood Bad – St. Martin's Press {{ISBN|978-0-312-92984-8}}
- 1993 The Hollywood Connection: The True Story of Organized Crime in Hollywood — Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-856-3}}
- 1995 Burt Lancaster: The Terrible-Tempered Charmer – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-970-6}}
- 1995 Stars at War – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-0-86051-954-6}}
- 1996 X-rated: The Paranormal Experiences of the Movie Star Greats — Robson Books {{ISBN|978-1-86105-017-5}}
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- 1997 Gene Hackman — Robert Hale {{ISBN|978-0-7090-6041-3}}
- 1997 The Sharon Stone Story – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-1-86105-094-6}}
- 1999 Gregory Peck – ISIS Large Print Books {{ISBN|978-0-7531-5097-9}}
- 2002 Sinatra: The Untold Story – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-1-86105-537-8}}
- 2003 John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-1-86105-614-6}}
- 2005 Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-1-86105-822-5}}
- 2007 Lord Larry: The Secret Life of Laurence Olivier – Robson Books {{ISBN|978-1-86105-977-2}}
- 2008 Richard Burton: Prince of Players – Skyhorse Pub. {{ISBN|978-1-60239-355-4}}
- 2009 David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon – JR Books Ltd {{ISBN|978-1-906779-16-0}}
- 2010 Steve McQueen: Living on the Edge – Aurum Press {{ISBN|978-1-906779-79-5}}
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References
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|title=Michael Munn: the celebrity biographer reveals all
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/25/michael-munn-biographer-interview-tim-adams
|publisher=Guardian News and Media Ltd
|date=25 July 2010
|accessdate=25 July 2010
|location=London
|first=Tim
|last=Adams}}
|title=Steve McQueen: Living on the Edge. By Michael Munn. Reviewed by Antonia Quirke
|last=Quirke
|first=Antonia
|authorlink=Antonia Quirke
|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/06/steve-mcqueen-quirke-munn
|publisher=New Statesman
|date=28 June 2010
|accessdate=25 July 2010}}
|title=Stalin 'tried to kill John Wayne'
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3114963.stm
|publisher=BBC News
|date=31 July 2003
|accessdate=14 July 2010}}
[https://books.google.com/books?id=_RrJGwAACAAJ Hollywood Bad], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=es2M93mjpb8C Richard Burton: prince of players], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=D0ZdHQAACAAJ Kirk Douglas], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIYdAQAAIAAJ Gene Hackman], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=-GpPAAAACAAJ Charlton Heston], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=rBseAAAAMAAJ Trevor Howard: the man and his films], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=jKSTQQAACAAJ Steve McQueen: Living on the Edge], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=FWWgQAAACAAJ The Hollywood murder casebook], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=eCIGAAAACAAJ Gregory Peck], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ANQ7AQAACAAJ Hollywood rogues], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=0HGlOAAACAAJ Sinatra: the untold story], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=i4MdAQAAIAAJ The Sharon Stone story], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HzRMPgAACAAJ John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth], Google books
[https://books.google.com/books?id=e2pZAAAAMAAJ Stars at War], Google books
|last=Walsh
|first=Nick Paton
|authorlink=
|title=Book tells how John Wayne survived Soviet assassination
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/01/film.russia
|newspaper=The Guardian
|date=1 August 2003
|accessdate=14 July 2010
|location=London}}}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309050025/http://www.michaelmunn.co.uk/ Munn's website]
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