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Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)

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The son of a railway superintendent, Nunnally Johnson was schooled in Columbus, Georgia, graduating in 1915. He worked for the local newspaper as a delivery boy, became a junior reporter for the Savannah Press, and then moved on to New York in 1919. There, his journalistic career really took off, particularly... See full bio »

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Nunnally Hunter Johnson
in Columbus, Georgia, USA

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(age 79) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (TV movie) (characters in screenplay)
 
1987 Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (TV movie) (characters)
 
1985 The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (TV movie) (characters)
 
1984 Dark Mirror (TV movie) (1946 screenplay)
 
1967 The Dirty Dozen (screenplay)
 
1965 The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
– Manhunt (1965) (original screenplay)
 
1965 Dear Brigitte (uncredited)
 
1964 The World of Henry Orient (screenplay)
 
1963 Take Her, She's Mine (screenplay)
 
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (screenplay)
 
1962 Bus Stop (TV series)
– Cry to Heaven (1962) (previous screenplay)
 
1962 Something's Got to Give (short) (screenplay)
 
1960 Flaming Star (screenplay)
 
1960 The Angel Wore Red
 
1959 The Man Who Understood Women (writer)
 
1958 How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)
– Loco Leaves Home (1958) (screenplay)
 
1957 The Three Faces of Eve (screenplay)
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Clothes Make the Man (1957) (story)
 
1957 The True Story of Jesse James (earlier screenplay)
 
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
 
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (screenplay)
 
1955 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– Woman in the Window (1955) (screenplay)
 
1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular
 
1954 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Fred Allen's Sketchbook (1954) (story)
 
1954 Black Widow (screen play)
 
1954 Witness to Murder (uncredited)
 
1954 Night People (screenplay)
 
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire (screenplay)
 
1952 My Cousin Rachel (screen play)
 
1952 Full House (segment "Ransom of Red Chief" - uncredited)
 
1952 We're Not Married! (screenplay)
 
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger (screenplay)
 
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (screenplay)
 
1951 The Long Dark Hall
 
1950 The Mudlark (screen play)
 
1950 The Gunfighter (uncredited)
 
1950 Three Came Home (screenplay)
 
1949 Everybody Does It (writer)
 
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (screenplay)
 
1946 The Dark Mirror (written for the screen by)
 
1945 Along Came Jones (written by)
 
1945 The Southerner (uncredited)
 
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom (screenplay)
 
1944 The Woman in the Window (written for the screen by)
 
1944 Casanova Brown
 
1943 Holy Matrimony (writer)
 
1943 The Moon Is Down (writer)
 
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
 
1942 The Pied Piper
 
1942 Moontide (uncredited)
 
1942 Roxie Hart (written for the screen by)
 
1941 Tobacco Road (screenplay)
 
1940 Chad Hanna (screen play)
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath (screen play)
 
1939 Rose of Washington Square (screenplay)
 
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend (screenplay)
 
1939 Jesse James (original screen play)
 
1936 Banjo on My Knee (screenplay)
 
1936 Dimples (original idea - uncredited)
 
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island (screenplay)
 
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
 
1935 Thanks a Million (screenplay)
 
1935 Cardinal Richelieu (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1935 Baby Face Harrington (screen play)
 
1934 Kid Millions (original story and screenplay)
 
1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
 
1934 The House of Rothschild (screen play)
 
1934 Moulin Rouge
 
1933 Tillie and Gus (story / unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
1933 Mama Loves Papa (story)
 
1933 A Bedtime Story (writer)
 
1927 Rough House Rosie (story)
 
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1959 The Man Who Understood Women (producer)
 
1957 The Three Faces of Eve (producer)
 
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (producer)
 
1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular (producer)
 
1954 Black Widow (producer)
 
1954 Night People (producer)
 
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire (producer)
 
1952 My Cousin Rachel (producer)
 
1952 We're Not Married! (producer)
 
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger (producer)
 
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (producer)
 
1950 The Mudlark (producer)
 
1950 The Gunfighter (producer)
 
1950 Three Came Home (producer)
 
1949 Everybody Does It (producer)
 
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (producer)
 
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet (producer)
 
1946 The Dark Mirror (producer)
 
1944 The Woman in the Window (producer)
 
1944 Casanova Brown (producer)
 
1943 Holy Matrimony (producer)
 
1943 The Moon Is Down (producer)
 
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (producer)
 
1942 The Pied Piper (producer)
 
1942 Roxie Hart (producer)
 
1940 Chad Hanna (associate producer)
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress (associate producer)
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath (associate producer)
 
1939 Rose of Washington Square (producer)
 
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend (associate producer)
 
1939 Jesse James (associate producer)
 
1937 Love Under Fire (producer)
 
1937 Slave Ship (associate producer)
 
1937 Café Metropole (associate producer)
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing! (associate producer)
 
1936 Banjo on My Knee (associate producer)
 
1936 Dimples (associate producer)
 
1936 The Road to Glory (associate producer)
 
1936 The Country Doctor (associate producer)
 
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island (associate producer)
 
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (producer)
 
1935 Cardinal Richelieu (producer - uncredited)
 
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2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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[on Betty Grable] I don't think Betty would want an Oscar on her mantelpiece. She has every Tom, Dick and Harry at her feet. See more »

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Interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA - Sanctuary of Tranquility. See more »

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