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Writer whose famous, witty brief stories frequently have shock endings. His best-known functions include The Present from the Magi, The Ransom of Crimson Chief, as well as the Cop as well as the Anthem. He proved helpful in his uncle’s drugstore, with age group nineteen became an authorized pharmacist. He eventually moved to Tx, where he participated in music and movie theater groupings and was utilized being a journalist. His tale, The Gift from the Magi, continues to be reworked and retold often. He was created William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, NEW YORK. His wife, Sarah, divorced him in 1909, and he passed away of liver organ cirrhosis the next calendar year. The couple’s little girl, Margaret, passed on in 1927. Marilyn Monroe starred in the 1952 film, O. Henry’s Total House, a creation predicated on five of O. Henry’s tales.
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Full Name O. Henry
Date Of Birth September 11, 1862
Died June 5, 1910, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth Greensboro, NC
Height 1.7 m
Profession Novelist
Nationality American
Spouse Sara Lindsey Coleman, Athol Estes
Children Margaret Worth Porter
Parents Algernon Sidney Porter, Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter
Siblings David Weir Porter, Shirley Worth Porter
Movies O. Henry's Full House, Alias Jimmy Valentine, Raincoat, Ruthless People, The Great Consoler, The Gay Cavalier, The Gay Amigo, Doctor Rhythm, Viva Cisco Kid, Satan's Cradle, The Gay Caballero, South of the Rio Grande, Lucky Cisco Kid, Robin Hood of Monterey, Ride on Vaquero, Beauty and the Bandit, South of Monterey, Riding the California Trail, Romance of the Rio Grande, Fragmentos da vida, Wishbone's Dog Days of the West, Roads of Destiny, The Cisco Kid and the Lady, The Cisco Kid, Cohen and Tate, The Texan, The Sacrifice, The Purple Dress, The Cisco Kid Returns, The Daring Caballero, The Girl from San Lorenzo, The Valiant Hombre, In Old New Mexico, King of the Bandits, You're Fired, An Unwilling Hero, Thirty Days at Hard Labor, Black Eagle, Fortune's Mask, O'Henry's The Last Leaf, The Llano Kid, The Ransom of Red Chief, Silent Love, April in Portugal
Star Sign Virgo
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| 1 | Worked as a draftsman in the Texas General Land Office (Austin), and is believed to have illustrated J. W. Wilbarger's "Indian Depredations in Texas" (1889). |
| 2 | Second wife Sara Lindsey Coleman was his childhood sweetheart. |
| 3 | In 1888, his wife gave birth to a premature son, who died a few hours later. Their daughter Margaret Worth Porter was born on September 30, 1889. |
| 4 | Licensed as a pharmacist at 19 (1881). He worked as a pharmacist during his imprisonment for embezzlement (1898-1901). |
| 5 | Died at the age of forty seven. An alcoholic, he died virtually penniless. |
| 6 | His only formal education was received at the school of his Aunt Lina, where he developed a lifelong love of books. |
| 7 | Porter is said to have derived the pen-name O. Henry from the name of a girlfriend's cat. |
| 8 | Though many sources indicate O. Henry's real name as "William Sydney Porter", his middle name at birth was actually Sidney with an "i". He changed the spelling of his middle name to "Sydney" when he began working for newspapers in the 1880s. |
| 9 | Arrested and convicted of embezzling funds from the bank that employed him, he was sent to the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio to serve a five year sentence. He began writing his by-now famous short stories in prison in order to help support his daughter, Margaret. He was released after three years and soon after changed his pen name to O. Henry. |
Writer
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fifth Wheel | 1918 | Short story | |
| Compliments of the Season | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Moment of Victory | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Hiding of Black Bill | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Fourth in Salvador | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Atavism of Tom | 1917 | Short | |
| Two Renegades | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Enchanted Kiss | 1917 | Short story | |
| One Dollar's Worth | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Last Leaf | 1917 | Short story | |
| Hygeia at the Solito | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Skylight Room | 1917 | story | |
| I Will Repay | 1917 | story "A Municipal Report" | |
| The Renaissance at Charleroi | 1917 | story | |
| Law and Order | 1917 | Short story | |
| A Night in New Arabia | 1917 | story | |
| The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson | 1917 | story | |
| The Lonesome Road | 1917 | ||
| The Guilty Party | 1917 | Short story | |
| John Tom Little Bear | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Furnished Room | 1917 | Short story | |
| Blind Man's Holiday | 1917 | story | |
| The Defeat of the City | 1917 | story | |
| The Duplicity of Hargraves | 1917 | story | |
| The Last of the Troubadours | 1917 | story | |
| The Coming Out of Maggie | 1917 | story | |
| The Venturers | 1917 | story | |
| A Departmental Case | 1917 | Short story | |
| A Little Speck in Garnered Fruit | 1917 | story | |
| No Story | 1917 | story | |
| Strictly Business | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Gold That Glittered | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein | 1917 | Short story | |
| A Service of Love | 1917 | Short story | |
| Vanity and Some Sables | 1917 | Short story | |
| Past One at Rooney's | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Cop and the Anthem | 1917 | Short story | |
| Madame Bo-Peep | 1917 | story "Madame Bo-Peep of the Ranches" | |
| The Green Door | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Marionettes | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Gift of the Magi | 1917 | Short story | |
| The Third Ingredient | 1917 | Short story | |
| Friends in San Rosario | 1917 | Short story | |
| Liubvi syurprizy tshchetnye | 1916 | story "The Gift of the Magi" | |
| A Christmas Revenge | 1915 | Short story "A Chaparral Christmas Gift" | |
| Alias Jimmy Valentine | 1915 | story "A Retrieved Reformation" | |
| Jimmy Hayes and Muriel | 1914 | Short story | |
| The Stirrup Brother; or, The Higher Abdication | 1914 | Short story | |
| The Saving Presence | 1914 | Short story | |
| The Caballero's Way | 1914 | Short | |
| The Reformation of Calliope | 1913 | Short writer | |
| The Badge of Policeman O'Roon | 1913 | Short writer | |
| All on Account of an Egg | 1913 | Short story | |
| Hearts and Crosses | 1913 | Short story | |
| A Splendid Scapegrace | 1913 | Short story "A Blackjack Bargainer" | |
| Friends in San Rosario | 1912 | Short story | |
| A Western Prince Charming | 1912 | Short story | |
| Thirty Days at Hard Labor | 1912 | Short story "Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss" | |
| The Mexican's Gratitude | 1911 | story "A Chaparral Christmas Gift" | |
| Pat Clancy's Adventure | 1911 | Short story "The Shamrock and the Palm" | |
| The Trapper's Five Dollar Bill | 1911 | Short story "The Whirligig of Life" | |
| The Ransom of Red Chief | 1911 | Short story | |
| A Summer Tragedy | 1910 | Short story "Transients in Arcadia" | |
| His Masterpiece | 1909 | Short story | |
| His Duty | 1909 | Short story | |
| Trying to Get Arrested | 1909 | Short story | |
| The Sacrifice | 1909/I | Short story "The Gift of the Magi" | |
| Racun | TV Movie novel post-production | ||
| Twenty Years | 2017 | Short short story | |
| Henry | 2016/I | Short written by | |
| Az utolsó levél | 2015 | Short original story | |
| The Green Door | 2015 | Short short story | |
| Blue Butterfly | 2014 | Short adapted from the story | |
| Lootera | 2013/I | short story "The Last Leaf" | |
| Darovete Na Vlahvite | 2013 | Short | |
| Gift of the Magi | 2010 | TV Movie story "The Gift of the Magi" | |
| Makes the Whole World Kin | 2009 | Short story | |
| Shadows in the Wind | 2009 | Short short story "The Last Leaf" | |
| Gift of the Magi | 2008 | Short based on the short story by | |
| Smesne i druge price | 2004 | TV Mini-Series novel - 1 episode | |
| The Last Leaf | 2004 | Video short written by | |
| Raincoat | 2004 | adapted from the story "Gift of Magi" | |
| The Last Leaf | 2003 | Short short story | |
| The Gift of the Magi | 2001 | Short story | |
| By Courier | 2000 | Short story | |
| The Ransom of Red Chief | 1998 | TV Movie short story | |
| Wishbone's Dog Days of the West | 1998 | TV Movie stories Heart of the West | |
| Tietäjien lahja | 1997 | TV Movie short story - as O'Henry | |
| Koroli i kapusta | 1996 | story | |
| O. Henry's Christmas | 1996 | TV Movie short stories - segments "The Last Leaf", "One Thousand Dollars", "The Gift of the Magi" | |
| The Cisco Kid | 1994 | TV Movie character | |
| Silent Love | 1994 | Short story | |
| The Last Leaf | 1993 | Short short story | |
| Princese un puma | 1986 | Short story | |
| Ruthless People | 1986 | story "The Ransom of Red Chief" | |
| Jimmy Valentine | 1985 | TV Short story "A Retrieved Reformation" | |
| Chertyonok s pushistym khvostom | 1985 | Short | |
| Barg o bad | 1984 | short story | |
| The Last Leaf | 1983 | Short story | |
| Trest, kotoryy lopnul | 1983 | TV Mini-Series book "A noble swindler" - 3 episodes | |
| CBS Library | 1982 | TV Series story "The Chaparral Prince" - 1 episode | |
| ABC Weekend Specials | TV Series story - 2 episodes, 1977 - 1979 story "A Retrieved Reformation" - 1 episode, 1977 | ||
| The Gift of the Magi | 1978 | TV Movie | |
| Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji | 1978 | TV Movie novel | |
| The Gift of Love | 1978 | TV Movie story "The Gift of the Magi" | |
| A Pink Christmas | 1978 | TV Short short story "The Cop and the Anthem" - as O'Henry | |
| Dzhentlmeny, kotorym ne povezlo | 1977 | TV Movie story | |
| Great Mysteries | 1974 | TV Series story - 2 episodes | |
| Ostatni lisc | 1973 | TV Movie short story - as O'Henry | |
| Ficciones | 1973 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Hora once | 1972 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Alta comedia | TV Series based on the short story by - 1 episode, 1971 story - 1 episode, 1971 | ||
| Kogda more smeyotsya | 1971 | TV Movie novel | |
| Koroli i kapusta | 1970 | book | |
| Kun ympäri käydään... | 1967 | TV Movie short story "The Whirligig Of Life" | |
| Jim Valentines großer Coup | 1967 | TV Movie short story | |
| À la belle étoile | 1966 | TV Movie short story "The Cop and the Anthem" | |
| Magnetické vlny lécí | 1965 | TV Movie short story "Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet" | |
| Policajt a chorál | 1965 | Short short story "The Cop and the Anthem" | |
| Úkryt cerného Billa | 1965 | Short short story "The Hiding of Black Bill" - as O'Henry | |
| Estudio 3 | 1964 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
| Potouchlé skotacinky zivota | 1964 | Short story | |
| Winterquartier | 1963 | TV Movie novel | |
| Jeff und Andy, zwei Unschuldsengel | 1963 | TV Series 6 episodes | |
| Novogodisnji poklon | 1962 | TV Movie | |
| Price iz hotela | 1962 | TV Movie novels | |
| Prva ljubav | 1962 | TV Movie novel | |
| Tri price o Dzefu Pitersu | 1962 | TV Movie novels | |
| Pakinateatteri | 1962 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Delovye lyudi | 1962 | stories "The Roads We Take", "Makes the Whole World Kin" and "The Ransom of Red Chief" | |
| Mrs. Billings' Scheidung | 1961 | TV Movie novel - as O'Henry | |
| Habitación de alquiler | 1960 | Short story | |
| Qiu feng can ye | 1960 | story | |
| The Ransom of Red Chief | 1959 | TV Movie story | |
| Gangster Boss | 1959 | orginal short story "The Ransom of Red Chief" | |
| Servisna stanica | 1959 | TV Series novel - 1 episode | |
| The Gift of the Magi | 1958 | TV Movie story "The Gift of the Magi" | |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series story - 43 episodes | |
| Kraft Theatre | 1956 | TV Series story - 1 episode | |
| The Cisco Kid | TV Series character - 118 episodes, 1950 - 1956 characters - 38 episodes, 1950 - 1956 | ||
| The Red Skelton Hour | TV Series story - 1 episode, 1955 story "The Cop and the Anthem" - 1 episode, 1954 | ||
| Ponds Theater | 1953 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| General Electric Theater | 1953 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| O. Henry's Full House | 1952 | story - uncredited | |
| Nash Airflyte Theatre | 1950 | TV Series story - 1 episode | |
| The Girl from San Lorenzo | 1950 | character | |
| Satan's Cradle | 1949 | character | |
| The Daring Caballero | 1949 | character | |
| The Gay Amigo | 1949 | character | |
| The Valiant Hombre | 1948 | based on characters by | |
| Black Eagle | 1948 | story "The Passing of Black Eagle" | |
| King of the Bandits | 1947 | character | |
| Robin Hood of Monterey | 1947 | character | |
| Riding the California Trail | 1947 | character creator | |
| Beauty and the Bandit | 1946 | character | |
| South of Monterey | 1946 | character | |
| The Gay Cavalier | 1946 | character | |
| South of the Rio Grande | 1945 | character | |
| The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico | 1945 | character | |
| The Cisco Kid Returns | 1945 | character | |
| Ride on Vaquero | 1941 | character: The Cisco Kid - as William Sydney Porter | |
| Romance of the Rio Grande | 1941 | character: The Cisco Kid - as William Sydney Porter | |
| The Gay Caballero | 1940 | based on the character The Cisco Kid created by - as William Sydney Porter | |
| Lucky Cisco Kid | 1940 | character: The Cisco Kid - as William Sydney Porter | |
| Viva Cisco Kid | 1940 | character - as William Sydney Porter | |
| The Cisco Kid and the Lady | 1939 | suggested by: the character of the Cisco Kid created by - as William Sidney Porter {O. Henry} | |
| The Llano Kid | 1939 | story "Double Dyed Deceiver" | |
| Dotor Rhythm | 1938 | story "The Badge of Policeman O'Roon" | |
| Velikiy uteshitel | 1933 | story "A Retrieved Information" | |
| The Cisco Kid | 1931 | story | |
| The Texan | 1930 | story "The Double-Dyed Deceiver" | |
| Tokkan kozô | 1929 | Short story "The Ransom of Red Chief" | |
| Fragmentos da vida | 1929 | Short story | |
| In Old Arizona | 1928 | story "The Caballero's Way" | |
| Alias Jimmy Valentine | 1928 | story "A Retrieved Reformation" - uncredited | |
| Suite Homes | 1927 | Short story | |
| Cupid and the Clock | 1927 | Short story | |
| A Man About Town | 1927 | Short story | |
| Girls | 1927 | Short story | |
| Roses and Romance | 1927 | Short story | |
| Babes in the Jungle | 1926 | Short story | |
| Marry Month of May | 1926 | Short story | |
| The Complete Life | 1926 | Short story | |
| A Lickpenny Lover | 1926 | Short story | |
| A Social Triangle | 1926 | Short story | |
| From a Cabby's Seat | 1926 | Short story | |
| Elsie in New York | 1926 | Short story | |
| Cupid à la Carte | 1926 | Short story | |
| Failure | 1925 | Short story | |
| Transients in Arcadia | 1925 | Short story | |
| Shoes | 1925 | Short story | |
| Fortune's Mask | 1922 | story | |
| An Unwilling Hero | 1921 | story "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking" | |
| Roads of Destiny | 1921 | story | |
| An Afternoon Miracle | 1920 | Short story | |
| A Ruler of Men | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Call Loan | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Church with an Overshot Wheel | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Day Resurgent | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Dream | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Passing of Black Eagle | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Ransom of Mack | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Roads We Take | 1920 | Short story | |
| Trimble, Trimble | 1920 | Short story | |
| While the Auto Waits | 1920 | Short story | |
| A Double-Dyed Deceiver | 1920 | story | |
| Thimble, Thimble | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Garter Girl | 1920 | story "The Momento" | |
| A Philistine in Bohemia | 1920 | Short story | |
| Alias Jimmy Valentine | 1920 | story "A Retrieved Reformation" | |
| The Friendly Call | 1920 | Short story | |
| Telemachus, Friend | 1920 | Short story | |
| The Ghost of a Chance | 1919 | Short story | |
| The Buried Treasure | 1919 | Short story | |
| The Guardian of the Accolade | 1919 | Short story | |
| You're Fired | 1919 | story "The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss" | |
| Shocks of Doom | 1919 | Short story | |
| The Unknown Quantity | 1919 | story | |
| The Border Terror | 1919 | Short story "The Caballero's Way" | |
| Everybody's Girl | 1918 | story "Brick Dust Row" | |
| Transients in Arcadia | 1918 | Short story | |
| A Bird of Bagdad | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Changing Woman | 1918 | story "A Matter of Mean Elevation" | |
| The Marquis and Miss Sally | 1918 | Short story | |
| Springtime à la Carte | 1918 | Short story | |
| Mammon and the Archer | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Trimmed Lamp | 1918 | Short story | |
| One Thousand Dollars | 1918 | story | |
| The Girl and the Graft | 1918 | Short story | |
| Sisters of the Golden Circle | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Enchanted Profile | 1918 | Short story | |
| Find the Woman | 1918 | story "Cherchez la Femme" | |
| The Brief Debut of Tildy | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Song and the Sergeant | 1918 | Short story | |
| A Ramble in Aphasia | 1918 | Short story | |
| Tobin's Palm | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Purple Dress | 1918 | Short story | |
| Lost on Dress Parade | 1918 | story | |
| A Madison Square Arabian Night | 1918 | Short story | |
| An American Live Wire | 1918 | story "The Lotus and the Bottle" | |
| The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball | 1918 | Short story | |
| The Thing's the Play | 1918 | Short story | |
| Schools and Schools | 1918 | Short story | |
| By Injunction | 1918 | Short story |
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| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. |
| 2 | [his reported last words] Please turn on the light. I don't want to go home in the dark. |
| 3 | If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry. |
| 4 | Life is sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. |
| 5 | Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of life. |
| 6 | Write what you like; there is no other rule. |
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