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Aliases: Patrick Mac Conaire , Steve Costigan , Patrick Ervin , Patrick Howard , Sam Walser , REH , Two-Gun Bob , Robert Ervin Howard

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Peaster, Texas, United States

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. His greatest success occurred after his death. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most Famous Work

Conan the Barbarian
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7

Conan the Barbarian

(1982) Characters
Thriller
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6

Thriller

(1960) Short Story
Conan the Barbarian
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5

Conan the Barbarian

(2011) Characters
Conan the Destroyer
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6

Conan the Destroyer

(1984) Characters
Solomon Kane
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6

Solomon Kane

(2009) Characters
Conan the Adventurer
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7

Conan the Adventurer

(1992) Characters
Red Sonja
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5

Red Sonja

(1985) Characters
Kull the Conqueror
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5

Kull the Conqueror

(1997) Characters

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