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Cecil Blackbeard
Cecil Roberts Blackbeard (1900 – 19 April 1954) was a South African male tennis player who represented South Africa in the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games. He competed in the doubles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics. With compatriot George Dodd, he reached the quarterfinal round after victories over Alfred Beamish and Francis Lowe in the first round, followed by a win over Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh and Daniel Lawton in the second. In the quarterfinal they were defeated in four sets by Max Decugis and Pierre Albarran.
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He also wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for "North West Mounted Police" (1940; directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard), "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942; directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard and John Wayne, and "Blackbeard the Pirate" (1952; directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Robert Newton and Linda Darnell. He wrote the original source novel for "Along Came Jones" (1945