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Horton Foote (1916–2009)

Horton Foote, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, was born on March 14, 1916, in Wharton, Texas. He says at the age of ten, he had a "calling" to become an actor, and when he was 16 he convinced his parents to allow him to go to acting school. With their blessing he went to Pasadena... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2010 Main Street (written by)
 
1997 Alone (TV movie) (written by)
 
1997 Old Man (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1996 Lily Dale (TV movie) (play / screenplay)
 
1992 Of Mice and Men (screenplay)
 
1992 The Habitation of Dragons (TV movie) (play / teleplay)
 
1991 Convicts (play / screenplay)
 
1987 Courtship (play / screenplay)
 
1986 On Valentine's Day (play / screenplay)
 
1985 The Trip to Bountiful (play / screenplay)
 
1985 1918 (play / screenplay)
 
1983 Tender Mercies (written by)
 
1983 American Playhouse (TV series)
Keeping On (1983)
 
1980 Barn Burning (TV short) (teleplay)
 
1977 The Displaced Person (TV movie)
 
1972 Tomorrow (play)
 
1967 Hurry Sundown
 
1966 The Chase (play "The Chase")
 
1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall (play "The Travelling Lady" / screenplay)
 
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird (screenplay)
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
The Night of the Storm (1961) (writer)
 
1960-1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
The Summer's Pride (1961) (writer)
A Young Lady of Property (1960) (writer)
 
1958-1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
The Shape of the River (1960) (writer)
Tomorrow (1960) (written by)
Old Man (1958) (adaptation)
 
1958 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
The Travelling Lady (1958) (writer)
 
1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
The Traveling Lady (1957) (writer)
 
1956 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
Flight (1956) (writer)
 
1955 Storm Fear
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
The Roads to Home (1955) (writer)
 
1953-1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
The Dancers (1954) (writer)
John Turner Davis (1953) (teleplay)
A Young Lady of Property (1953) (writer)
The Trip to Bountiful (1953) (teleplay)
 
1953 The Gulf Playhouse (TV series)
The Tears of My Sister (1953) (writer)
 
1953 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
The Oil Well (1953) (writer)
 
1953 The Trip to Bountiful (TV movie) (play)
 
1952 The Story of Roger Williams (TV movie) (writer)
 
1951 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
Sam Bass (1951) (written by)
 
1948 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Only the Heart (1948)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1996 Lily Dale (TV movie)
Old Horace (voice)
 
1990 The Civil War (TV mini-series documentary)
Jefferson Davis
War Is All Hell (1865) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
Simply Murder (1863) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1985 The Trip to Bountiful (producer)
 
1983 Tender Mercies (co-producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1998 Fearful Symmetry (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1996 Infinity (thanks: for almost endless patience and concentration)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2007 Working in the Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Playwright
Horton Foote's America (2007) … Himself - Playwright
 
2005 Return to Bountiful (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
2003 Of Mice and Men: In Conversation, Gary Sinise and Horton Foote (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Miracles & Mercies (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 15 July 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
 
1998 Fearful Symmetry (video documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
 
1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.103 (1963) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1944). Stage Play: Only the Heart. Drama. Written by Horton Foote. Directed by Mary Hunter. Bijou Theatre: 4 Apr 1944- 13 May 1944 (47 performances). Cast: Eleanor Anton (as "Julia Borden"), Mildred Dunnock (as "India Hamilton"), Will Hare (as "Albert Price"), June Walker... See more »

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1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 9 Articles  | See more »
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Personal Quote:

I'd always write a play that would be successful and critically accepted. I'm always surprised at the reaction, good or bad. The last few years, critics have, on the whole, been very kind to me, but in writing I can't think about commercial things. It'd be the wrong end of the stick, so to speak. I've lived long enough to know things go in and out of fashion... See more »

Trivia:

Father-in-law of Devon Abner and Tim Guinee. See more »

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