Possible Clues:

• South African novelist, a support to bad actors
• -- bosom, place where there is just repose after death
• Novelist known for his writing in this island now, it's said
• He made a wild conquest in 1951
• ''Hot Shots!'' director
• Priest brilliantly handled, so to speak
• Nineteen twenty-four Olympic hundred metres champion who was portrayed in Chariots of Fire
• His Olympic gold medal sprint featured in Chariots of Fire
• Olympic one hundred metres champion in Paris in nineteen twenty four
• Nineteen twenty four Olympic 100 metres champion