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Damon Runyon (1880–1946)

Writer | Actor | Producer

Born out of wedlock in Manhattan, Kansas, but grew up in Denver. A close friend of fellow New York sportswriter--and former western gunfighter--William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, who knew the Runyan family in Denver. In the late teens and early 1920s both Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell worked as Runyon's leg men. Buried in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery. See full bio »

Born:

Alfred Damon Runyan
in Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 66) in New York City, New York, USA
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2005 Three Wise Guys (TV movie) (story "Three Wise Guys" / special recognition)
 
1989 Miracles - Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (1933 screenplay "Lady for a Day")
 
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway (short stories)
 
1980 Little Miss Marker (story)
 
1962 40 Pounds of Trouble (story "Little Miss Marker" - uncredited)
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles (story)
 
1961 Butch passt aufs Baby auf (TV movie) (play)
 
1955 Guys and Dolls (from a story by)
 
1953 Money from Home (story)
 
1952 Stop, You're Killing Me (play "A Slight Case of Murder")
 
1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway
 
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid (story)
 
1950 Johnny One-Eye (story)
 
1949 Sorrowful Jones (story "Markie")
 
1943 It Ain't Hay (story "Princess O'Hara")
 
1942 The Big Street (story "Little Pinks")
 
1942 The Pride of the Yankees (prologue)
 
1942 Butch Minds the Baby (story)
 
1941 At the Stroke of Twelve (short) (story "The Old Doll's House")
 
1941 Tight Shoes (story)
 
1940 Just a Cute Kid (short) (from a story by)
 
1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (story "A Call on the President")
 
1938 Straight Place and Show (play "Saratoga Chips" / story "That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie" - uncredited)
 
1938 A Slight Case of Murder (from a play by)
 
1937 Racing Lady (story "All Scarlet")
 
1936 The Three Wise Guys
 
1935 Professional Soldier (story)
 
1935 Hold 'Em Yale (story)
 
1935 Princess O'Hara (story)
 
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1934 No Ransom (story "The Big Mitten")
 
1934 The Lemon Drop Kid (story)
 
1934 Million Dollar Ransom (story "Ransom, One Million Dollars")
 
1934 Midnight Alibi (story "The Old Doll's House")
 
1934 Little Miss Marker (story)
 
1934 A Very Honorable Guy (by)
 
1933 Lady for a Day (story "Madame la Gimp")
 
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1932 Madison Sq. Garden
Damon Runyon - Writer
 
1930 At the Round Table (short)
 
1926 Oh, Baby!
Man at ringside
 
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1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling (producer)
 
1942 The Big Street (producer)
 
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1953 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.34 (1953) … Himself
 
1947 Daisy Kenyon
Himself - Cameo appearance (bar in Stork Club) (uncredited)
 
1924 The Great White Way
Himself
 
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(1935) Stage: Wrote / directed (w/Howard Lindsay, who also produced) "A Slight Case of Murder" on Broadway. Comedy. 48th Street Theatre: 11 Sep 1935-Nov 1935 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: Marga Barbet, Sydney Booth (as "Gammon Smith"), Eleanor Brent, Paul E. Burns... See more »

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The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet. See more »

Trivia:

Shortly after his death from throat cancer, his old friend and former assistant Walter Winchell established the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund in his memory. As the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Institute, the foundation continues to fund research into finding a cure for cancer. See more »

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