About Gil North
Lived 1916 – 1988 (aged 71–72). Gil North was a British writer and novelist.
Gil North (real name Geoffrey Horne; 12 July 1916 – 5 August 1988) was a British author of detective stories. His novels about Sergeant Cluff, based in Yorkshire, were made into a television series, Cluff, by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the 1960s.
North was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and educated at Ermysted's Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He married Betty Duthie in 1949. He died in Skipton in 1988.
From 1938 to 1955, North was a Civil Servant in the United Kingdom's African colonies.
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