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Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)

Writer | Actor | Director

Dalton Trumbo, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, arguably the most talented, most famous of the blacklisted film professionals known to history as the Hollywood 10, was born in Montrose, Colorado to Orus Trumbo and his wife, the former Maud Tillery. Dalton Trumbo was raised at 1124 Gunnison Ave. in Grand Junction... See full bio »

Born:

James Dalton Trumbo
in Montrose, Colorado, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2008 Johnny Got His Gun (writer)
 
1989 Always (screenplay "A Guy Named Joe")
 
1987 Roman Holiday (TV movie) (story / front Ian McLellan Hunter)
 
1978 Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (TV movie)
 
1973 Papillon (screenplay)
 
1973 Executive Action (screenplay)
 
1973 The Way We Were (additional writer - uncredited)
 
1972 FTA (documentary) (book "Johnny Got His Gun")
 
1971 The Horsemen
 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun (novel / screenplay)
 
1968 The Fixer (screenplay)
 
1966 Hawaii (screenplay)
 
1966 Silahlar patlayinca (screenplay "The Last Sunset" - uncredited)
 
1965 The Sandpiper
 
1962 Lonely Are the Brave (screenplay)
 
1961 The Last Sunset (written by)
 
1960 Exodus (screenplay)
 
1960 Spartacus (screenplay)
 
1959 Career (writer)
 
1958 Terror in a Texas Town (written by / front Ben Perry)
 
1958 Cowboy (screenplay / originally - uncredited)
 
1957 The Green-Eyed Blonde (written by / front Sally Stubblefield)
 
1957 The Deerslayer (uncredited)
 
1957 The Brothers Rico (uncredited)
 
1956 The Brave One (screenplay / originally - uncredited / story / front Robert Rich)
 
1956 The Boss (written by / front Ben Perry)
 
1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (uncredited)
 
1954 They Were So Young (uncredited)
 
1954 Carnival Story (uncredited)
 
1953 Roman Holiday (screenplay / originally - uncredited / story / originally - uncredited)
 
1951 He Ran All the Way (screenplay / front Guy Endore)
 
1951 The Prowler (screenplay / originally - uncredited)
 
1950 Emergency Wedding (story)
 
1950 Rocketship X-M (uncredited)
 
1950 Gun Crazy (screenplay / front Millard Kaufman)
 
1947 The Gangster ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (screen play)
 
1945 Jealousy (story)
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (screen play)
 
1943 Tender Comrade (written by)
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe (screenplay)
 
1942 I Married a Witch (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1942 The Remarkable Andrew (novel / screenplay)
 
1941 You Belong to Me (story)
 
1941 Accent on Love (story)
 
1940 Kitty Foyle (screen play)
 
1940 We Who Are Young (original screen play by)
 
1940 A Bill of Divorcement
 
1940 Curtain Call (screenplay)
 
1940 Half a Sinner (story "Lady Takes a Chance")
 
1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes (story)
 
1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (screenplay / story)
 
1939 Career (writer)
 
1939 Five Came Back (screenplay)
 
1939 The Kid from Kokomo (story "Broadway Cavalier")
 
1939 Sorority House (screenplay)
 
1939 The Flying Irishman (screen play)
 
1938 A Man to Remember (screenplay)
 
1938 Fugitives for a Night (screenplay)
 
1938 Paradise for Three (screenplay construction contributor - uncredited)
 
1938 Everybody Sing (contributor to dialogue - uncredited)
 
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (script polisher - uncredited)
 
1937 That Man's Here Again (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1937 The Devil's Playground
 
1936 Tugboat Princess (story)
 
1936 Love Begins at Twenty (screenplay)
 
1936 Road Gang
 
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1973 Papillon
Commandant (uncredited)
 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Orator (as Robert Cole)
 
1951 The Prowler
John Gilvray (voice) (uncredited)
 
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1989 Metallica: 2 of One (video) (excerpts from Johnny Got His Gun directed by)
 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
 
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1958 The Two-Headed Spy (screenplay consultant - uncredited)
 
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1976 Hollywood on Trial (documentary)
Himself
 
1972 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
– Carol Channing/George Maharis/Robert Vaughn/Stanley Myron Handelman/Dalton Trumbo (1972)
 
1971 The Movie Crazy Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1950 The Hollywood Ten (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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2013 Nonfiction W (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Reagan (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 Trumbo (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Dalton Trumbo: Rebell in Hollywood (video documentary)
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2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Remembering 'Roman Holiday' (video documentary short)
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
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1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1949) Stage: Wrote "The Biggest Thief in Town", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Scenic / Lighting Design by Leo Kerz. Costume Design by Eleanor Goldsmith. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Mansfield Theatre: 30 Mar 1949-9 Apr 1949 (13 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Dr. Jay Stewart")... See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 3 Print Biographies  | 6 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Robert Cole | Jack Davis | Robert Rich
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Personal Quote:

[1970, when accepting the Screen Writers Guild Laurel Award] The blacklist was a time of evil, and no one on either side who survived it came through untouched by evil. Caught in a situation that had passed beyond the control of mere individuals, each person reacted as his nature, his needs, his convictions... See more »

Trivia:

Cleo Trumbo, the widow of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, died of age-related causes Oct. 9, 2009, at home in the Bay Area city of Los Altos, Ca. See more »

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