Frederick Robert Buckley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Robert Buckley

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1896

Place of Birth: Colton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: screenwriter, journalist, scenographer, radio personality, film critic

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Frederick Robert Buckley (1896–1976), better known as F.
R.
Buckley, was an English writer.
He wrote more than 200 short stories for pulp magazines between 1918 and 1953.
He was born on 20 December 1896 in Colton, Staffordshire, England, died 1976.
He was the son of Robert John Buckley (1847–1938) and Mary (Wakelin) Buckley.
His father was music critic for the Birmingham Gazette from 1886–1926.
Frederick attended King Edward's School, Birmingham and Birmingham University for journalism.
While at King Edward's School, at age 14, he performed in Aristophanes' Peace in the role of Theori.
Also in the cast was schoolmate J.
R.
R.
Tolkien playing Hermes.
F.
R.
Buckley was married in 1916 to actress Helen Curry and his brother-in-law was fellow pulp fiction author Tom Curry.