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Born in New York City, Harold Robbins spent his childhood in an orphanage. He was educated at George Washington High School and after leaving school he worked in several jobs. Robbins made his first million at the age of twenty by selling sugar for the wholesale trade. At the beginning of World War II, Robbins had lost his fortune and moved to Hollywood where he worked for Universal Studios, first as a shipping clerk. Later he became a studio executive.
His first book, Never Love a Stranger , (1948) drew on his own life as an orphan on the streets of New York and created controversy with its graphic sexuality. Ian Parker says that according to Robbins, publisher Pat Knopf bought Never Love a Stranger because "it was the first time he ever read a book in which on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hardon. [sic]"
The Dream Merchants (1949) was about Hollywood's film industry, from the first steps to sound era. Again Robbins blended his own experiences, historical facts, melodrama, sex, and action into a fast-moving story.
His 1952 novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher , was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole, which starred Elvis Presley.
He would become one of the world's bestselling authors, publishing over 20 books which were translated into 32 languages and sold over 50 million copies. Among his best-known books is The CarpetbaggersThe Carpetbaggers is the title of a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 movie of the same title. The word carpetbaggers in the title does not refer to the Civil War opportunists. It has the generic meaning of a presumpt. It was loosely based on the life of Howard HughesHoward Robard Hughes ( December 24, 1905 April 5, 1976) was at times a pilot, a movie producer, a playboy, an eccentric, a recluse, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Hughes was born in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, he declared that his goals, taking the reader from New York to California, from the prosperity of the aeronautical industry to the glamour of Hollywood. Its sequel, The Raiders , appeared in 1995.
Robbins was married five times. From 1982 he was obliged to use a wheelchair because of hip trouble, but continued writing.
He spent a great deal of time in FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. and Monte CarloMonte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its gambling, beaches, casino, glamour, and sightings of famous people. Monte Carlo is home to most of the Circuit de Monaco, on which takes place the Formula One Monaco Grand Pri until his death on October 14, 1997 from respiratory heart failure. He is buried in the Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum, Palm Springs, CaliforniaPalm Springs is a city located in Riverside County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 42,807. It is notable as a desert resort, being a relatively short drive east from Los Angeles. It is one of eight adjacent cities th.
Harold Robbins has a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameThe Hollywood Walk of Fame is a connected sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored for their contributions to the ente at 6743 Hollywood Blvd.
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