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DeWitt Bodeen (1908–1988)

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Bodeen started out as a stage actor and playwright. In his latter capacity, he enjoyed a moderate amount of success with "Escape to Autumn" and "Thing of Beauty", before finding work as a reader in Hollywood. One of Bodeen's plays, "Embers at Haworth" (about the Bronte sisters), came to the attention of Val Lewton... See full bio »

Born:

Homer DeWitt Bodeen
in Fresno, California, USA

Died:

(age 79) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1982 Cat People (story)
 
1962 Billy Budd (screenplay / as Dewitt Bodeen)
 
1960 12 to the Moon (screenplay / as De Witt Bodeen)
 
1954-1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– An Old Spanish Custom (1957) (teleplay)
– No Trial by Jury (1955) (teleplay)
– Three Months to Remember (1955) (teleplay)
– The Pipe (1954) (teleplay)
– How the Brigadier Won His Medals (1954) (teleplay)
 
1957 The Girl in the Kremlin (story)
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
– Stranger in the Night (1956) (writer)
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
– Every Man Has Two Wives (1956) (writer)
 
1955-1956 The Star and the Story (TV series)
– The Senora (1956)
– Payment in Kind (1956) (screenplay)
– The Blue Landscape (1955) (as DeWitt Bodeen)
– The Treasure (1955) (screenplay / teleplay)
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– Deborah (1956) (writer)
 
1955-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Night Song (1956) (original screenplay)
– The Two Dollar Bettor (1955) (adaptation)
– No Sad Songs for Me (1955) (adaptation)
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
– Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955) (adaptation)
– The Healer (1955) (writer)
– Wild Stallion (1955) (adaptation)
– The Dark Fleece (1955) (writer)
– The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia (1955) (writer)
 
1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
– Stuffed Shirt (1955) (screenplay)
 
1953 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
– The Bronte Story (1953) (writer)
 
1952-1953 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
– Beauty Prize (1953) (written by)
– The Nobles (1952) (written by)
– Weekend Murder (1952) (screenplay)
 
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– Mrs. Mike (1950) (screenplay)
 
1949 Mrs. Mike (writer)
 
1948 The Miracle of the Bells (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1948 I Remember Mama (screenplay)
 
1947 Night Song (adaptation)
 
1945 The Enchanted Cottage
 
1944 The Curse of the Cat People (screenplay)
 
1943 Yellow Canary (screenplay / as De Witt Bodeen)
 
1943 The Seventh Victim (written by)
 
1942 Cat People (written by)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Bok: "From Hollywood". Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1976. ISBN 0498013464 See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 3 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

De Witt Bodeen | Dewitt Bodeen
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Personal Quote:

[1975 comment on Clive Brook] He had that physical presence and a certain masculine charm that enhanced any actress' presence. Just as he, a gentleman, was a man who always made a woman feel like a lady, he also, as an actor, made any actress playing a scene with him feel like a star. See more »

Trivia:

In his later years, Bodeen was a regular contributor to "Films in Review" magazine. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo