Biography

Harold Dearden (13 December 1882 – 6 July 1962) was a British psychiatrist and screenwriter. Dearden was born in Bolton, Lancashire. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and London Hospital. He qualified as a physician in 1911.During World War I, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was a medical officer for the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. In 1916, he became honorary Captain. At the Battle of the Somme he was wounded, suffering from a lost eye and shell shock. He was later invalided out of the war.During World War II, Dearden worked as a psychiatrist and was principal interrogator at Camp 020.He wrote the play Interference (with Roland Pertwee). He also wrote the Two White Arms which became a successful film. In 1943, he married Ann Verity Gibson Watt, they had four children.He died at his home in Hay-on-Wye from cerebral thrombosis.