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John Frederick Ballard(1884-1957)

  • Writer
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John Frederick Ballard was born on 8 November 1884 in Grafton, Nebraska, USA. He was a writer, known for Ladies of the Jury (1932), Young America (1932) and When's Your Birthday? (1937). He was married to May Wills. He died on 24 September 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
BornNovember 8, 1884
DiedSeptember 24, 1957(72)
BornNovember 8, 1884
DiedSeptember 24, 1957(72)
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Known for

Roscoe Ates, Ken Murray, and Edna May Oliver in Ladies of the Jury (1932)
Ladies of the Jury
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1932
Young America (1932)
Young America
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1932
Harry Beaumont, Joe E. Brown, Robert Clampett, Fred Keating, Edgar Kennedy, and Marian Marsh in When's Your Birthday? (1937)
When's Your Birthday?
5.6
  • Writer(as Fred Ballard)
  • 1937
Wallace Reid in Believe Me, Xantippe (1918)
Believe Me, Xantippe
  • Writer
  • 1918

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Writer

  • Harry Beaumont, Joe E. Brown, Robert Clampett, Fred Keating, Edgar Kennedy, and Marian Marsh in When's Your Birthday? (1937)
    When's Your Birthday?
    5.6
    • from a play by (as Fred Ballard)
    • 1937
  • Helen Broderick, Hal K. Dawson, Sarah Edwards, Billy Gilbert, Jean Howard, Phillip Huston, Leonid Kinskey, Charles Lane, Louise Latimer, Charles Middleton, and Victor Moore in We're on the Jury (1937)
    We're on the Jury
    6.0
    • play "Ladies of the Jury"
    • 1937
  • Young America (1932)
    Young America
    6.5
    • play
    • 1932
  • Roscoe Ates, Ken Murray, and Edna May Oliver in Ladies of the Jury (1932)
    Ladies of the Jury
    6.4
    • by
    • 1932
  • Charles Frohman Everett in Young America (1918)
    Young America
    • play
    • 1918
  • Wallace Reid in Believe Me, Xantippe (1918)
    Believe Me, Xantippe
    • play
    • 1918

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Fred Ballard
  • Born
    • November 8, 1884
    • Grafton, Nebraska, USA
  • Died
    • September 24, 1957
    • Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
  • Spouse
    • May Wills(1 child)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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