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Horton Foote (1916–2009)

Writer | Actor | Producer

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 »

Born:

Albert Horton Foote Jr.
in Wharton, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 92) in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Still of Matthew Broderick and Horton Foote in 1918
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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)
 
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
– A Very Bloody Affair (1862) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
– Forever Free (1862) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
– Most Hallowed Ground (1864) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
– Simply Murder (1863) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
– The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) (1990) … Jefferson Davis (voice)
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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 (8 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
 
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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(4/02) Stage: Wrote "Getting Frankie Married, and Afterwards", performed at the South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA. See more »

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I can't get over the fact that I can go into many places in New York, and people know who I am. I never really know who I am myself. I'm impressed by that. See more »

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He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2000 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C. See more »

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