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Richard Carroll(1898-1959)

  • Writer
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Richard Carroll was born on 27 October 1898 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Five Came Back (1939), Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942) and Flight Lieutenant (1942). He was married to Eva Virginia Howell. He died on 11 March 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornOctober 27, 1898
DiedMarch 11, 1959(60)
BornOctober 27, 1898
DiedMarch 11, 1959(60)
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Lucille Ball, John Carradine, Wendy Barrie, Joseph Calleia, John Farrow, Allen Jenkins, Patric Knowles, Chester Morris, Elisabeth Risdon, Robert Sisk, C. Aubrey Smith, and Kent Taylor in Five Came Back (1939)
Five Came Back
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1939
Brian Donlevy, Pat O'Brien, and Janet Blair in Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1942
Glenn Ford, Pat O'Brien, and Evelyn Keyes in Flight Lieutenant (1942)
Flight Lieutenant
5.8
  • Writer(as Captain Richard Carroll)
  • 1942
Lucille Ball, Jerome Cady, Robert Coote, Emma Dunn, James Ellison, Ray McCarey, Cliff Reid, and Virginia Vale in You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1940

Credits

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Writer

  • Back from Eternity (1956)
    Back from Eternity
    6.6
    • story
    • 1956
  • Phil Regan and Gale Storm in Sunbonnet Sue (1945)
    Sunbonnet Sue
    5.7
    • screen adaptation (as Richard A. Carroll)
    • 1945
  • Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Don 'Red' Barry, John Craven, Farley Granger, Sam Levene, Richard Loo, Kevin O'Shea, and Charles Russell in The Purple Heart (1944)
    The Purple Heart
    6.4
    • story development (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Glenn Ford, Pat O'Brien, and Evelyn Keyes in Flight Lieutenant (1942)
    Flight Lieutenant
    5.8
    • story (as Captain Richard Carroll)
    • 1942
  • Brian Donlevy, Pat O'Brien, and Janet Blair in Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
    Two Yanks in Trinidad
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • Joan Blondell, Binnie Barnes, Robert Benchley, Janet Blair, and John Howard in Three Girls About Town (1941)
    Three Girls About Town
    6.4
    • original screenplay
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, and Cora Witherspoon in The Bank Dick (1940)
    The Bank Dick
    7.1
    • dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Boris Karloff, Ray Corrigan, Gene O'Donnell, and Maris Wrixon in The Ape (1940)
    The Ape
    4.7
    • screenplay
    • 1940
  • Lucille Ball, Jerome Cady, Robert Coote, Emma Dunn, James Ellison, Ray McCarey, Cliff Reid, and Virginia Vale in You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
    You Can't Fool Your Wife
    5.6
    • story by
    • 1940
  • Lucille Ball, John Carradine, Wendy Barrie, Joseph Calleia, John Farrow, Allen Jenkins, Patric Knowles, Chester Morris, Elisabeth Risdon, Robert Sisk, C. Aubrey Smith, and Kent Taylor in Five Came Back (1939)
    Five Came Back
    7.1
    • story
    • 1939
  • George Cleveland, Steffi Duna, Dennis Morgan, and Douglas Walton in I Conquer the Sea! (1936)
    I Conquer the Sea!
    5.9
    • story and adaptation
    • 1936
  • Love Time (1934)
    Love Time
    • story
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Captain Richard Carroll
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • October 27, 1898
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • March 11, 1959
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Eva Virginia Howell1924 - March 11, 1959 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Story: "The Romantic Mr. Hinklin" (filmed as You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940))

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    Had two children, Nancy and Richard.

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