Born and raised in London, Pulman was renowned as "adaptor-extraordinary," having written
teleplays for such literary works as,
The Portrait of a Lady,
Jane Eyre,
Crime and Punishment,
David Copperfield, and
War and Peace. Pulman married
Barbara Young in 1956. Together they had two children, including actress and singer
Liza Pulman. He died of a
heart attack in London on 20 May 1979. His last screenplay,
Private Schulz, went into production after his death. His widow, Barbara Young, collected a posthumous writers award from The
Royal Television Society for his work on the show in 1982. He also wrote the screenplays for the 1970 film
The Executioner and the
1971 film adaptation of
Robert Louis Stevenson's
Kidnapped. ==References==