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R. Wright Campbell(1927-2000)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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R. Wright Campbell
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R. Wright Campbell was born on 9 June 1927 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), Teenage Cave Man (1958) and The Masque of the Red Death (1964). He died on 21 September 2000 in Monterey, California, USA.
BornJune 9, 1927
DiedSeptember 21, 2000(73)
BornJune 9, 1927
DiedSeptember 21, 2000(73)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

James Cagney, Jim Backus, Robert Arthur, R. Wright Campbell, Robert Evans, Ivan Goff, Jane Greer, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Pevney, Marjorie Rambeau, Ben Roberts, and Ralph Wheelwright in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1957
Teenage Cave Man (1958)
Teenage Cave Man
3.6
  • Writer
  • 1958
Vincent Price in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The Masque of the Red Death
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1964
Robert Mitchum and Anne Heywood in The Night Fighters (1960)
The Night Fighters
6.0
  • Writer(as Robert Wright Campbell)
  • 1960

Credits

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Writer

  • Where Pigeons Go to Die (1990)
    Where Pigeons Go to Die
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • book
    • 1990
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
    7.0
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1974
  • Chuck Connors and Robert Ryan in Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
    Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
    5.7
    • writer
    • 1969
  • Jack Nicholson, Adam Roarke, and Sabrina Scharf in Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
    Hells Angels on Wheels
    5.2
    • screenplay (as R.Wright Campbell)
    • 1967
  • 12 O'Clock High (1964)
    12 O'Clock High
    8.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1966
  • Stewart Granger, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, Henry Silva, and Raf Vallone in The Secret Invasion (1964)
    The Secret Invasion
    5.8
    • written by
    • 1964
  • Vincent Price in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    The Masque of the Red Death
    6.9
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • Luana Anders and Mark Damon in The Young Racers (1963)
    The Young Racers
    4.9
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)
    Hawaiian Eye
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Mr. Garlund
    TV Series
    • story
    • teleplay
    • 1960
  • Robert Mitchum and Anne Heywood in The Night Fighters (1960)
    The Night Fighters
    6.0
    • screenplay (as Robert Wright Campbell)
    • 1960
  • Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)
    Bronco
    7.2
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1960
  • James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
    8.0
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • written by
    • 1958–1960
  • Teenage Cave Man (1958)
    Teenage Cave Man
    3.6
    • screenplay
    • 1958
  • Charles Bronson in Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
    Machine-Gun Kelly
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1958

Actor

  • Terrorgram (1990)
    Terrorgram
    5.0
    • American Patrol (as Robert Campbell)
    • 1990
  • The Lost Platoon (1990)
    The Lost Platoon
    4.1
    • World War II Soldier (as Robert Cambell)
    • 1990
  • Luana Anders and Mark Damon in The Young Racers (1963)
    The Young Racers
    4.9
    • Robert Machin (as Robert Campbell)
    • 1963
  • Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
    Cell 2455, Death Row
    6.4
    • Whit as a Boy (as Robert Campbell)
    • 1955
  • John Lund and Dorothy Malone in Five Guns West (1955)
    Five Guns West
    5.2
    • John Morgan Candy (as Bob Campbell)
    • 1955
  • Loretta Young in The Loretta Young Show (1953)
    The Loretta Young Show
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Robert Washburn (as Robert Wright Campbell)
    • 1954

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Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Robert Cambell
  • Born
    • June 9, 1927
    • Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • September 21, 2000
    • Monterey, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Relatives
    • William Campbell(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Novel (Featuring Whistler): Alice in La-La Land

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Film and television screenwriter. Often worked for the director Roger Corman. Later became an author of novels, featuring a jaded private detective known simply as Whistler.
  • Nickname
    • Bobby
  • Salaries
      Naked Paradise
      (1957)
      $400

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