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Clifford Irving

Writing

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Acting credits

4

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.2

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Movies: 6Series: 1Crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 60188

IMDb ID: nm0410247

Known for: Writing

Born: November 5, 1930

Died: December 19, 2017

Age: 87

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1968 - 2008

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 6.84

Wikidata: Q960612

Other jobs

Book (2)Novel (1)

Biography

Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) is an American author of novels and works of nonfiction, but best known for using forged handwritten letters to convince his publisher into accepting a fake "autobiography" of reclusive businessman Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, Irving confessed the hoax and was subsequently sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, serving 17 months.

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Series credits linked with Clifford Irving.