# Bryce Walton

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{{short description|American writer}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2013}}{{Infobox person

|name          = Bryce Walton
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|birth_date    = {{birth date|1918|05|31}}
|birth_place   = [Blythedale, Missouri](/source/Blythedale%2C_Missouri), U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1988|02|05|1918|05|31}}
|death_place   = [Van Nuys, California](/source/Van_Nuys%2C_California), U.S.
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|other_names   = Kenneth O'Hara, Paul Franklin
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|education     = California State University
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|occupation    = Writer
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|spouse        = Ruth Arschinov
|children      = 1
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'''Bryce Walton''' (May 31, 1918 – February 5, 1988) was an American pulp fiction writer.

Walton was born in [Blythedale, Missouri](/source/Blythedale%2C_Missouri), the son of Paul Dean Walton and Golda Powers. He held various jobs starting in 1938, and attended [Los Angeles Junior College](/source/Los_Angeles_City_College) 1939–41.<ref name="RMB2010"/> During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he served as a navy correspondent.<ref name="Ash2008"/> In 1945, he began a career as a freelance writer. He attended [California State College](/source/California_State_University%2C_Los_Angeles) from 1946 to 1947, then married photographer Ruth Arschinov on January 1, 1954. The couple had one daughter, Krissta Kay.<ref name="RMB2010"/>

He was credited as a writer for the TV serial ''[Captain Video and His Video Rangers](/source/Captain_Video_and_His_Video_Rangers)''. A reference guide published in 2010 made the unsupported claim that Walton won a 1961 [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock) Best Short Story award.<ref name="RMB2010"/> However the existence of such award has subsequently been called into question.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-hitchcock-project-bryce-walton-part.html|title=bare•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Bryce Walton Part One: Touché [4.35]|last=Seabrook|first=Jack|date=2016-07-21|website=bare•bones e-zine|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref> He wrote three episodes of ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/List_of_Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_episodes)'', and two of his stories were adapted for the series,<ref name="tv.com"/> including "The Greatest Monster of Them All".<ref name="Szumskyj2010"/>

==Bibliography==
{{Div col}}
* ''Sons of the Ocean Deeps'' (1952)
* ''The Long Night'' (1952)
* ''Captain Video and his Video Rangers'' (1953)
* ''Cave of Danger'' (1967)
* ''Harpoon Gunner'' (1968)
* ''Hurricane Reef'' (1970)
* ''Cave of Danger'' (1971)
* ''The Fire Trail'' (1974)
{{Div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="RMB2010">{{Citation
 | last1     = Reginald
 | first1    = R.
 | last2     = Menville
 | first2    = Douglas
 | last3     = Burgess
 | first3    = Mary A.
 | title     = Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
 | volume    = 2
 | publisher = Wildside Press LLC
 | page      = 1116
 | year      = 2010
 | isbn      = 978-0941028776
 | url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=L25ycEzuXxIC&pg=PA1116
 | postscript= .
}}</ref>

<ref name="Ash2008">{{Citation
 | last1     = Ash
 | first1    = Brian
 | title     = Who's who in science fiction
 | publisher = Elm Tree Books
 | page      = 201
 | year      = 1976
 | isbn      = 0241893836
 | url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=IU9lAAAAMAAJ
 | postscript= .
}}</ref>

<ref name="Szumskyj2010">{{Citation
 | last1     = Szumskyj
 | first1    = Benjamin
 | title     = The Man Who Collected Psychos: Critical Essays on Robert Bloch
 | publisher = McFarland
 | page      = 194
 | year      = 2010
 | isbn      = 978-0786454884
 | url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=p2szSoy5nQkC&pg=PA194
 | postscript= .
}}</ref>

<ref name="tv.com">{{Citation
 |title        = Bryce Walton
 |work         = tv.com
 |url          = http://www.tv.com/people/bryce-walton/
 |accessdate   = 2013-02-25
 |postscript   = .
 |archive-date = 2016-03-08
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308060418/http://www.tv.com/people/bryce-walton/
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author |id=33100| name=Bryce Walton}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Bryce Walton |sopt=t}}
* {{Librivox author |id=757}}

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Category:1918 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Writers from Missouri
Category:People from Harrison County, Missouri
Category:American war correspondents of World War II
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:California State University, Los Angeles, alumni
Category:20th-century American writers
Category:20th-century American male writers

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