Guy Gilpatric
John Guy Gilpatric (born January 21, 1896 in New York City , New York , † July 6, 1950 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American screenwriter who was nominated once for the Oscar for best original story.
Life
Gilpatric joined the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) after the USA entered World War I and was last promoted to captain . After the end of the war he worked in the advertising industry and later ran a flight school in Los Angeles before living on the Côte d'Azur in the 1920s and 1930s . After the outbreak of the Second World War he returned to the USA.
For those on his narrative Heroes Without Uniform based template to that of Lloyd Bacon staged war film Action in the North Atlantic (Action in the North Atlantic, 1943) with Raymond Massey , Humphrey Bogart and Alan Hale Sr. Gilpatric was at the Oscars in 1944 for the Oscar for the best original story nominated.
When he and his wife, with whom he had been married for 25 years, learned that she had a brain tumor , he shot his wife and then himself.
He was particularly posthumously by his Glencannon - short stories known in the weekly newspaper The Saturday Evening Post published and with 1959 Thomas Mitchell as "Captain Colin Glencannon" and Patrick Allen -piece 39-in the role of his partner "Bos'n Hughes" as Comedy - TV show was broadcast.
Web links
- Guy Gilpatric in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilpatric, Guy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gilpatric, John Guy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1950 |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , California |