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Richard Gordon

Born 15 September 1921
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Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Stanley Ostlere (born 15 September 1921), an English surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere has written numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House, and the subsequent film, television, radio and stage adaptations. His The Alarming History of Medicine was published in 1993, and he followed this with The Alarming History of Sex.

Known for

Grip of the Strangler
Doctor in the House
Doctor at Sea
Doctor at Large
Doctor in Love
Doctor in Clover
Doctor in Trouble
Doctor in Trouble
Doctor in Clover
Doctor in Love
Grip of the Strangler
Doctor at Large
Doctor at Sea
Doctor in the House
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