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Millard Kaufman(1917-2009)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
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Millard Kaufman was born on 12 March 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gun Crazy (1950) and Take the High Ground! (1953). He was married to Lorraine Paley. He died on 14 March 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMarch 12, 1917
DiedMarch 14, 2009(92)
BornMarch 12, 1917
DiedMarch 14, 2009(92)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Spencer Tracy, Anne Francis, and Robert Ryan in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock
7.7
  • Writer
  • 1955
Peggy Cummins and John Dall in Gun Crazy (1950)
Gun Crazy
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1950
Karl Malden, Richard Widmark, and Elaine Stewart in Take the High Ground! (1953)
Take the High Ground!
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1953
Convicts 4 (1962)
Convicts 4
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1962

Credits

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Writer

  • Kung-Fu Magoo (2010)
    Kung-Fu Magoo
    5.1
    • based on the character by
    • 2010
  • Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
    Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Madeleine Stowe and John Shea in The Nativity (1978)
    The Nativity
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
    Police Story
    7.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976
  • Lee Marvin in The Klansman (1974)
    The Klansman
    5.2
    • screenplay
    • 1974
  • Nigel Davenport and Susan Hampshire in Living Free (1972)
    Living Free
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1972
  • The War Lord (1965)
    The War Lord
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1965
  • Convicts 4 (1962)
    Convicts 4
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • Never So Few (1959)
    Never So Few
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Eva Marie Saint in Raintree County (1957)
    Raintree County
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1957
  • Spencer Tracy, Anne Francis, and Robert Ryan in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    7.7
    • screen play
    • 1955
  • Karl Malden, Richard Widmark, and Elaine Stewart in Take the High Ground! (1953)
    Take the High Ground!
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1953
  • Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
    Aladdin and His Lamp
    5.6
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Bruce Kellogg and Marilyn Nash in Unknown World (1951)
    Unknown World
    4.1
    • original screenplay
    • 1951
  • Peggy Cummins and John Dall in Gun Crazy (1950)
    Gun Crazy
    7.6
    • screenplay by
    • 1950

Director

  • Convicts 4 (1962)
    Convicts 4
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1962

Producer

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Eva Marie Saint in Raintree County (1957)
    Raintree County
    6.3
    • associate producer
    • 1957
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Personal details

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  • Born
    • March 12, 1917
    • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Died
    • March 14, 2009
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from open heart surgery)
  • Spouse
    • Lorraine PaleyJanuary 23, 1943 - March 14, 2009 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    (Book) "Plots and Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting". Los Angeles, CA: Really Great Books, 1999. ISBN 1893329038
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Co-created Mister Magoo (1960).
  • Quotes
    Acting? Now that is a miserable profession. An awful life. Even the best of them, they sit around most of the year, not working, not doing anything. Marlon Brando once told me acting is not a job for a grown man. Even the successful ones. Like Humphrey Bogart. Who was a drinker. Very bright. A wonderful chess player. But most of the year he had nothing to do, so he drank. He was a helluva decent man.

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