Daniel P. Mannix

(1911-1997)

animal collector and author

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Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1997) was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker. One of his two best-known works is the 1958 book Those About to Die (republished in 2001 as The Way of the Gladiator), which was inspiration for the Ridley Scott film Gladiator in 2000 and the TV drama Those About to Die on Peacock. The other is the 1967 novel The Fox and the Hound, which was loosely adapted into an animated feature film by Walt Disney Productions in 1981.

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Born	Daniel Pratt Mannix IV 27 October 1911 Bacton Hill, Pennsylvania
Died	29 January 1997 (aged 85) East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Zodiac	Scorpio
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