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Dalton Trumbo

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Dalton Trumbo

Born December 9, 1905 in Montrose, Colorado, USADied September 10, 197658 films

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.

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Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, it marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other affected screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for Roman Holiday in 2011, nearly 60 years after the fact, and 35 years after his death.

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Filmography

58 films
  1. 2017PapillonOriginal Film Writer
  2. 2008Johnny Got His GunWriter
  3. 1989AlwaysOriginal Film Writer
  4. 1987Roman HolidayOriginal Film Writer
  5. 1978Ishi: The Last of His TribeWriter
  6. 1973PapillonScreenplay
  7. 1973Executive ActionScreenplay
  8. 1972FTAWriter
  9. 1971The HorsemenScreenplay
  10. 1971Johnny Got His GunNovel
  11. 1968The FixerScreenplay
  12. 1966HawaiiScreenplay
  13. 1965The SandpiperScreenplay
  14. 1962Lonely are the BraveScreenplay
  15. 1961Town Without PityWriter
  16. 1961The Last SunsetScreenplay
  17. 1961A Day of My LifeStory
  18. 1960ExodusScreenplay
  19. 1960SpartacusScreenplay
  20. 1958Terror in a Texas TownScreenplay
  21. 1958CowboyScreenplay
  22. 1957The Green-Eyed BlondeWriter
  23. 1957The DeerslayerScreenplay
  24. 1957The Brothers RicoScreenplay
  25. 1956The Brave OneStory
  26. 1953Roman HolidayScreenplay
  27. 1951He Ran All the WayScreenplay
  28. 1951The ProwlerScreenplay
  29. 1950Emergency WeddingStory
  30. 1950Gun CrazyScreenplay
  31. 1945Our Vines Have Tender GrapesScreenplay
  32. 1945JealousyStory
  33. 1944Thirty Seconds Over TokyoScreenplay
  34. 1944Tender ComradeWriter
  35. 1944A Guy Named JoeScreenplay
  36. 1942Somewhere I'll Find YouWriter
  37. 1942The Remarkable AndrewScreenplay
  38. 1941You Belong to MeStory
  39. 1941Accent on LoveStory
  40. 1940Kitty FoyleScreenplay
  41. 1940We Who Are YoungScreenplay
  42. 1940A Bill of DivorcementWriter
  43. 1940Curtain CallScreenplay
  44. 1940Half a SinnerStory
  45. 1940The Lone Wolf StrikesStory
  46. 1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire FenceScreenplay
  47. 1939CareerWriter
  48. 1939Five Came BackScreenplay
  49. 1939The Kid from KokomoStory
  50. 1939Sorority HouseScreenplay
  51. 1939The Flying IrishmanScreenplay
  52. 1938A Man to RememberScreenplay
  53. 1938Fugitives for a NightScreenplay
  54. 1937That Man's Here AgainWriter
  55. 1937Devil's PlaygroundWriter
  56. 1936Tugboat PrincessStory
  57. 1936Love Begins at TwentyScreenplay
  58. 1936Road GangScreenplay