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About Oreste Pinto
Oreste Pinto werd geboren als nakomertje in een joods gezin van bescheiden welstand. Na het doorlopen van de HBS in Amsterdam en het vervullen van zijn dienstplicht bij het 7e Regiment Infanterie behaalde hij het kandidaatsexamen in de letteren aan de Sorbonne te Parijs. Hij vertrok naar Engeland en werkte daar tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog voor de Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst en MI5. In 1952, Pinto published two books, Spy-catcher and Friend or Foe? These formed the basis of the 1959-1961 BBC television series Spycatcher, and also an earlier BBC Radio series, in both of which he was portrayed by Bernard Archard. A further book, Spycatcher 2, based on the series, was published in 1960. Dwight Eisenhower once described Pinto as "the greatest living authority on security". The Daily Telegraph referred to him as a "human bloodhound". in 1942, Guy Liddell stated that he had been told that Pinto had "a thoroughly bad record"
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Oreste Pinto's Timeline
| 1889 |
October 9, 1889
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Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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| 1961 |
September 18, 1961
Age 71
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London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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