John McGreevey

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John McGreevey (born December 21, 1922 in Muncie , Indiana , † November 24, 2010 in Laguna Hills , California ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

John McGreevey was born in Muncie , Indiana , but grew up in Logansport , Indiana. At the age of five he wrote his first piece, which he presented to the family in the backyard. His childhood was marked by financial problems and the alcoholic illness of his father, a veteran of the First World War , so that after his parents separated for a period, he lived with his father for a time in Fort Wayne . For the rest of his childhood he lived with James and Katherine McGourty, his uncle and aunt, in Logansport. After attending St. Vincent School and Lincoln Junior High School , he graduated from Logansport High School in 1938 . While in high school, he not only served as the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper The Magpie , he also wrote pieces that he sold to buy fuel for the school's debating team to compete. He then studied English and theater at Indiana University Bloomington . While at university, he continued to focus on writing and met actors like Charles Aidman and Andrew Duggan . There were also screenings for MGM in 1940 , but McGreevy moved to Arizona instead of Hollywood .

After he married Nota Scholl, six years his senior, who worked as a secretary at the university's theater, he moved with her to Phoenix , where he got a job as a clerk at the local radio station KTAR . This, however, was more of a necessity, since he was lucky and as a soldier was drafted as unfit for the Second World War , but because he could not find another job in another city. He and his wife starred and wrote the weekly show Arizona Adventures there before moving to Connecticut in 1952 for the opportunity to become a television screenwriter. But although he was able to sell several plays and books for radio and television, he was not employed, so he followed a friend's call to Los Angeles , where he signed a six-month contract with MCA . Through the artist agency William Morris Agency , and in particular his agent Sylvia Hirsch, he was given the opportunity to work on series such as Adventures in the Wild West , Lassie , My Three Sons and Dear Uncle Bill . After his last major series engagement, The Waltons , where he was able to process several experiences of his childhood, McGreevey mainly focused on writing television films, such as Judy Garland - Apprenticeship to a Hollywood Star , Westward Wind and The Patty Duke Story .

In 2003, McGreevy stopped writing and concentrated on hanging out with his three children, including actor and screenwriter Michael McGreevey , and seven grandchildren.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1957: Death in Small Doses
  • 1959: Fight Without Mercy (Cast a Long Shadow)
  • 1974: Punch and Jody (Punch and Jody)
  • 1976: Judge Horton's Biggest Case (Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys)
  • 1978: Judy Garland - Apprenticeship as a Hollywood star (Rainbow)
  • 1978: Before the Eyes of the World (Ruby and Oswald)
  • 1979: Murder in Texas (Murder in Texas)
  • 1979: Roots : The Next Generations
  • 1982: With the Wind to the West (Night Crossing)
  • 1984: Chief Physician Dr. Welby (The Return of Marcus Welby, MD)
  • 1984: A little blonde (Qualcosa di biondo)
  • 1984: Jumbo Crash (Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac)
  • 1985: A Time to Live
  • 1985: How Do I Tell My Parents (Consenting Adult)
  • 1988: A Fatal Mistake (Unholy Matrimony)
  • 1990: Burning Earth (Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes)
  • 1990: The Patty Duke Story (Call Me Anna)
  • 1996: Born free - Born free
  • 1993: 72 hours in hell of flames (Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland)
  • 1995: Annette Funicello - Ein Schicksal (A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story)
  • 1996: Harvey and the Captain (Captains Courageous)
  • 1996: Unabomber : The True Story
  • 1997: Ms. Scrooge - A Wonderful Angel (Ms. Scrooge)

TV Shows

  • 1956–1959: Adventures in the Wild West (Zane Gray Theater) (13 episodes)
  • 1956: Lassie (three episodes)
  • 1960–1967: My Three Sons (35 episodes)
  • 1966: FBI (The FBI) (one episode)
  • 1966–1971: Dear Uncle Bill (Family Affair) (22 episodes)
  • 1969: Charming Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie) (an episode)
  • 1969: Sweet But A Little Crazy (That Girl) (an episode)
  • 1972-1978: The Waltons (The Waltons) (20 episodes)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Richard Copeland: John McGreevey: Television was his bag  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on pharostribune.com on September 14, 2007, accessed April 5, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / pharostribune.com  
  2. ↑ a b c d e Stephen Bowie: Obituary: John McGreevey (1922-2010) on classictvhistory.wordpress.com from February 12, 2012 (English), accessed April 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ John McGreevey at the-waltons.com (English), accessed April 5, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME McGreevey, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Muncie , Indiana, United States
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 2010
Place of death Laguna Hills , California, United States