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John Grant (I) (1891–1955)

Writer | Actor | Producer

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A former newspaper reporter who eventually became a gag writer for many vaudeville comics, well known for his almost encyclopedic knowledge of comedy routines. He hooked up with comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and became their (often uncredited) writer on almost all of their pictures. See more trivia »

Born:

in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 63) in Palm Desert, California, USA
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1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (screenplay)
 
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
 
1954 Fireman Save My Child
 
1952-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode #4.28 (1954) (writer)
– Episode #4.25 (1954) (writer)
– Episode #4.21 (1954) (special material)
– Episode #3.13 (1952) (written by)
– Episode #3.5 (1952) (additional dialogue)
 
1954 Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (short) (scenes and dialogue)
 
1954 Champs of the Chase (short) (scenes and dialogue)
 
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (screenplay)
 
1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (screenplay)
 
1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (written by)
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
 
1952 Sailor Beware (additional dialogue)
 
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain (additional dialogue)
 
1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (screenplay)
 
1951 Double Crossbones (additional dialogue)
 
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
 
1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (writer)
 
1949 Kitchen Mechanics (short) (material)
 
1949 Fun on the Run (short) (material)
 
1948 Mexican Hayride (screenplay)
 
1948 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (screenplay)
 
1948 The Noose Hangs High (writer)
 
1948 Oysters and Muscles (short) (material)
 
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
 
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
 
1946 The Time of Their Lives (additional dialogue)
 
1945 The Naughty Nineties (screenplay)
 
1945 Here Come the Co-eds
 
1944 Lost in a Harem (screenplay)
 
1944 In Society
 
1943 Hit the Ice (screenplay)
 
1943 It Ain't Hay (screenplay)
 
1942 Who Done It? (screenplay)
 
1942 Pardon My Sarong (screenplay)
 
1942 Rio Rita (special material for Abbott and Costello)
 
1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy (screenplay)
 
1941 Keep 'Em Flying (screenplay)
 
1941 Hold That Ghost (screenplay)
 
1941 In the Navy (screenplay)
 
1941 Buck Privates (special material for Abbott and Costello)
 
1940 One Night in the Tropics (uncredited)
 
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1958 The Woman Eater
Rescue Party Leader (uncredited)
 
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
Mug (uncredited)
 
1943 Corregidor
Calm Soldier at Barricade
 
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1945 The Naughty Nineties (producer)
 
1945 Here Come the Co-eds (producer)
 
1944 Bowery to Broadway (producer)
 

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The Noose Hangs High -- Window washers are mistaken for messengers who are sent to collect $50,000 in cash by a gangster, with zany results! Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff -- Bud Abbot and Lou Costello perform sketch comedy acts in front of a live studio audience March 21, 1954 Corregidor -- A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
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Trivia:

A former newspaper reporter who eventually became a gag writer for many vaudeville comics, well known for his almost encyclopedic knowledge of comedy routines. He hooked up with comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and became their (often uncredited) writer on almost all of their pictures. See more »

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