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Frank Pierson (I) (1925–2012)

Producer | Writer | Director

Trivia:

His most famous line of scripted dialog, "What we've got here is a failure to communicate", delivered by prison warden Strother Martin to inmate Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke, has been ranked by The American Film Institute as the 11th-best movie quote of all time. See more trivia »

Born:

Frank Romer Pierson
in Chappaqua, New York, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Hide HideProducer (7 titles)
2009-2012 Mad Men (TV series) (consulting producer - 25 episodes)
– The Phantom (2012) (consulting producer)
– Commissions and Fees (2012) (consulting producer)
– The Other Woman (2012) (consulting producer)
– Christmas Waltz (2012) (consulting producer)
– Dark Shadows (2012) (consulting producer)
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2010 The Good Wife (TV series) (consulting producer - 7 episodes)
– Running (2010) (consulting producer)
– Hybristophilia (2010) (consulting producer)
– Unplugged (2010) (consulting producer)
– Mock (2010) (consulting producer)
– Boom (2010) (consulting producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2001 Conspiracy (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1996 Never Again, Forever (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1971-1972 Nichols (TV series) (producer - 11 episodes)
– Man's Best Enemy (1972) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– About Jesse James (1972) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– Wings of an Angel (1972) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– The Marrying Fool (1971) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– Where Did Everybody Go? (1971) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
See all 11 episodes »
 
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series) (associate producer - 35 episodes, 1959-1962) (producer - 26 episodes, 1960-1963)
– Squatter's Rights (1963) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– Invasion (1962) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– Alice (1962) (associate producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– The Exiles (1962) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
– The Mark of Cain (1962) (producer - as Frank R. Pierson)
See all 61 episodes »
 
1963 Empire (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– Arrow in the Sky (1963) (producer)
– The Four Thumbs Story (1963) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (23 titles)
???? 17 Days of Winter (screenplay) (pre-production)
 
2012 Mad Men (TV series)
– Signal 30 (2012) (written by)
 
2010 The Good Wife (TV series)
– Hybristophilia (2010) (written by)
 
1990 Presumed Innocent (screenplay)
 
1989 In Country (screenplay)
 
1980 Haywire (TV movie)
 
1978 King of the Gypsies (written for the screen by)
 
1976 A Star Is Born
 
1975 Dog Day Afternoon (screenplay)
 
1973 Amanda Fallon (TV movie)
 
1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– And Other Springs I May Not See (1973) (teleplay)
 
1971-1972 Nichols (TV series)
– Bertha (1972) (creator / as Frank R. Pierson)
– All in the Family (1972) (creator / as Frank R. Pierson / story)
– Wonder Fizz Flies Again (1972) (creator / as Frank R. Pierson)
– Man's Best Enemy (1972) (creator / as Frank R. Pierson)
– Fight of the Century (1972) (creator / as Frank R. Pierson)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1971 The Anderson Tapes (screenplay / as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
 
1969 The Looking Glass War (written for the screen by / as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1967 Cool Hand Luke (screenplay / as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1967 The Happening
 
1965 Cat Ballou (screenplay / as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
– Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea (1963) (writer / as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1962-1963 Naked City (TV series)
– The S.S. American Dream (1963) (writer)
– A Case Study of Two Savages (1962) (writer / as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1963 Empire (TV series)
– The Four Thumbs Story (1963) (written by)
 
1959-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– The Piano (1961) (idea)
– The Road (1961) (as Frank R. Pierson)
– Out at the Old Ball Park (1960) (writer)
– The Search (1960) (teleplay / as Frank R. Pierson)
– The Campaign of Billy Banjo (1960) (written by / as Frank R. Pierson)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
– Point of Impact (1959) (story)
 
Show ShowDirector (19 titles)
2006 The L Word (TV series)
– Lonestar (2006)
 
2004 Paradise (TV movie)
 
2003 Soldier's Girl (TV movie)
 
2001 Conspiracy (TV movie)
 
2000 Dirty Pictures (TV movie)
 
1995 Truman (TV movie)
 
1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (TV movie)
 
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie)
 
1990 Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (TV movie)
 
1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– Wake Me When I'm Dead (1985)
 
1978 King of the Gypsies
 
1976 A Star Is Born
 
1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– And Other Springs I May Not See (1973)
 
1971-1972 Nichols (TV series)
– Wonder Fizz Flies Again (1972)
– Where Did Everybody Go? (1971) (as Frank R. Pierson)
– The Specialists (1971)
– Gulley vs. Hansen (1971)
– The Indian Giver (1971)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 The Neon Ceiling (TV movie)
 
1969 The Looking Glass War (as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
– Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea (1963) (as Frank R. Pierson)
 
1963 Empire (TV series)
– Arrow in the Sky (1963)
– The Four Thumbs Story (1963)
 
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– The Trap (1962)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2004 56th Annual Writers Guild Awards (TV special) (contributor: special features segment)
 
1959 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series) (story editor - 5 episodes)
– Shot by Request (1959) (story editor - as Frank R. Pierson)
– The Posse (1959) (story editor - as Frank R. Pierson)
– Les Girls (1959) (story editor - as Frank R. Pierson)
– Episode in Laredo (1959) (story editor - as Frank R. Pierson)
– First, Catch a Tiger (1959) (story editor - as Frank R. Pierson)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2012 The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special) (in memory of)
 
2006 Wristcutters: A Love Story (special thanks)
 
2001 The Making of 'Gosford Park' (TV documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Requiem for a Dream (special thanks)
 
1997 A Brother's Kiss (special thanks)
 
1989 84C MoPic (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2012 Dreamers (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Frank R. Pierson)
 
2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2007 The Brothers Warner (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': The Story (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': Recreating the Facts (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': Casting the Controversy (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': After the Filming (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Who Needs Sleep? (documentary)
 
2005 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Academy President
 
2004-2005 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.19 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #2.20 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.20 (2004) … Himself
 
2005 Based on a True Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Academy President: Presenting Memorial Tribute
 
2004 Soldiers' Secrets (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Academy President
 
1993 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Directing for a Miniseries or a Special
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Lee Grant … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Writer & Director (In Memoriam)
 
2013 The EE British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Memorial Tribute
 

Related Videos

Cool Hand Luke -- A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison. Soldier's Girl -- The true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer. Conspiracy -- A dramatic recreation of the Wannsee Conference where the Nazi Final Solution phase of the Holocaust was devised.
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Frank R. Pierson | Frank R. Robinson

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

A film set, as Orson Welles was first to say, is the most wonderful electric train a boy could ever be given. What he failed to add was that, most of the time, it doesn't work. See more »

Trivia:

His most famous line of scripted dialog, "What we've got here is a failure to communicate", delivered by prison warden Strother Martin to inmate Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke, has been ranked by The American Film Institute as the 11th-best movie quote of all time. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus