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person_profile-Ring Lardner, Jr.

Ring Lardner, Jr. Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Date of Birth:

Aug 19, 1915

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 31, 2000

Biography of

Ring Lardner, Jr.

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s.

    Ring Lardner Jr. moved to Hollywood where he worked as a publicist and "script doctor" before writing his own material. This included Woman of the Year, a film that won him an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1942. He also worked on the scripts for the films Laura (1944), Brotherhood of Man (1946), Forever Amber (1947), and M*A*S*H (1970). The script of the latter earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

    Lardner held strong left-wing views and during the Spanish Civil War he helped raise funds for the Republican cause. He was also involved in organizing anti-fascist demonstrations. His brother, James Lardner, was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and was killed in action in Spain in 1938. Although his political involvement upset the owners of the film studios, he continued to be given work and in 1947 became one of the highest paid scriptwriters in Hollywood when he signed a contract with 20th Century Fox at $2,000 a week.

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Ring Lardner, Jr.

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Filmography of

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Found 3 Movies in total

The Majestic

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2001

Red Hollywood

Self ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1990