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Barry Crump

Born: 1935-05-15

John Barrie Crump MBE (May 15, 1935 – July 3, 1996) was a New Zealand author of semi-autobiographical comic novels based on his image as a rugged outdoors man. Taken together his novels have sold more than a million copies domestically. Crump's 1986 work Wild Pork and Watercress was adapted into the 2016 Taika Waititi film Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Filmography
Aunty and the Star People poster
Aunty and the Star People
2014 • Himself
Runaway poster
Runaway
1964 • Clarrie