The 1998 American action drama film The Man in the Iron Mask was written by Randall Wallace.
James Ewart Edmunds -LRB- 5 May 1882 -- 1962 -RRB- was a Welsh trade unionist and politician .. Welsh. Welsh people. trade unionist. trade unionist. politician. politician. Born in Gilwen in Breconshire , Edmunds ' parents were both teachers .. Gilwen. Gilwen. Breconshire. Breconshire. Educated at Howard Gardens Secondary School and at University College Cardiff , he qualified as a teacher in 1903 and worked at schools in Cardiff .. University College Cardiff. University College Cardiff. Cardiff. Cardiff. Edmunds was also involved in trade unionism , and became secretary of Cardiff Trades Council in 1911 , serving until 1922 .. Cardiff. Cardiff. United Kingdom general election, 1922. In 1913 , he was elected as a Labour Party member of the Cardiff Board of Guardians , and he stood unsuccessfully in Cardiff Central at the 1918 , 1922 and 1923 general elections .. Cardiff. Cardiff. Labour Party. Labour Party ( UK ). Board of Guardians. Board of Guardians. Cardiff Central. Cardiff Central ( UK Parliament constituency ). United Kingdom general election, 1918. United Kingdom general election, 1922. In 1920 , Edmunds quit teaching to take up a post as the Newport District Secretary of the Transport and General Workers ' Union .. Newport. Newport, Wales. He was elected as President of Cardiff Trades Council in 1924 , serving for four years , and in 1926 , he was appointed as a magistrate .. Cardiff. Cardiff. magistrate. magistrate. He stood for Cardiff East at the 1929 general election and finally won a seat , but he lost it at the following election , in 1931 .. Cardiff. Cardiff. Cardiff East. Cardiff East ( UK Parliament constituency ). 1929 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1929