Peter Warlock
(Islington, London, England: 23rd June 1904 - 16th December 1995)
Stage name of Alec William Bell since 1937, aka "Jules Giraud", "Deb", "Rudi Jader", "Russell Sharpe", and "G. Locke".
Learned in WW I from schoolmate. Bank official. Semi-pro magician since 1920. Published first trick in The Magic Wand in 1921. 1950 Sphinx Award. 1952 British Ring Shield. British Ring Past President. In 1960s with Francis Haxton toured their "Trudy and Rudy" burlesque magic act in Holland and Italy. Pet effect: Jest of Gratoulet.
Wrote "Our Side of the Pond" British magic news column in Linking Ring 1967-Jan 1985. 1970 AMA Literary Fellowship. 1974 Magic Circle "Magician of the Year" award. SAM Hall of Fame (1985). MIMC (resigned 1987). 1989 H. Adrian Smith Literary Award (shared with Eric Lewis). 1990 AMA Masters Fellowship.
Invented Quadruple Penetration (1937), Book of the Mind (early 1950s), Five Thoughts Ahead (early 1950s), Twin Thoughts (1953), Red and White Ropes (1955), Sympathetic Selections (1956), and Stranger in Paradise (1956).
Edited Pentagram 1946-59, Gen 1952-53, and New Pentagram 1969-89.