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Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)

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Dashiell Hammett was born May 27l, 1894, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, to Richard Hammett and Mary Bond. He joined the Baltimore branch of the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1915. He enlisted in the US Army's Ambulance Corps in June 1918 and was posted to a camp 20 miles from Baltimore, where he caught the flu... See full bio »

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Samuel Dashiell Hammett
in St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA

Died:

(age 66) in New York City, New York, USA
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2002 No Good Deed (story)
 
1995 Fallen Angels (TV series)
– Fly Paper (1995) (story)
 
1990 Miller's Crossing (novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key" - uncredited)
 
1986 Bande (novel "The Glass Key")
 
1986 Sam Spade jagt den Malteser Falken (documentary) (novel "The Maltese Falcon")
 
1984 When the Raven Flies (novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key" - uncredited)
 
1981 The Wizard of Malta (book "The Maltese Falcon")
 
1978 The Dain Curse (TV mini-series) (based upon the novel by / 1978)
 
1978 La ciudad maldita (novel "Red Harvest")
 
1975 The Black Bird (characters)
 
1975 The Wide World of Mystery (TV series)
– Nick and Nora (1975) (characters)
 
1957-1959 The Thin Man (TV series)
– Paradise Discovered (1959) (characters)
– Cherchez la Sexpot (1959) (characters)
– Bat McKidderick (1959) (characters)
– Cold Cargo (1959) (characters)
– Dear Dead Days (1959) (characters)
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1956-1959 Teledrama (TV series)
– A Chave de Vidro (1959) (novel)
– A Chave de Vidro (1959) (novel)
– O Falcão Maltês (1956) (novel)
 
1951 The Fat Man (characters - uncredited)
 
1949 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– Two Sharp Knives (1949) (by)
– The Glass Key (1949) (story)
 
1947 Song of the Thin Man (characters)
 
1945 Secret Agent X-9 (comic books - uncredited)
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home (characters)
 
1943 Watch on the Rhine (screen play)
 
1942 The Glass Key (based on the novel by)
 
1941 Shadow of the Thin Man (characters)
 
1941 The Maltese Falcon (based upon the novel by)
 
1939 Another Thin Man (based on an original story by)
 
1937 Secret Agent X-9 (character - uncredited)
 
1936 After the Thin Man (from the story by)
 
1936 Satan Met a Lady (based on a novel by)
 
1935 The Glass Key (novel)
 
1935 Mister Dynamite (story "On the Make")
 
1934 Woman in the Dark (story)
 
1934 The Thin Man (from the novel by)
 
1931 The Maltese Falcon (based on the novel by)
 
1931 City Streets (story)
 
1930 Roadhouse Nights (novel "Red Harvest")
 
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2013 Mike Case in: The Big Kiss Off (special thanks) (post-production)
 
1990 Continental (acknowledgment - as Dashiell Hammet)
 
1981 El crack (dedicatee)
 
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Other Works:

(1929) Novel: "The Dain Curse" (filmed as The Dain Curse) See more »

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4 Biographical Movies  | 7 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

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Lillian Hellman and Hammett lived together on and off for decades but were never married. See more »

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