Paul Dickey(1882-1933)

Writer
Actor

Paul Dickey born in Chicago, Illinois in 1882. began as a stage performer and stage director from the late 1890s. He became a highly successful playwright and screenwriter with such plays as 'The Ghost Breaker', 'The Misleading Lady', The Broken Wing' and Scared Stiff'. handsome charismatic man, not known for movie acting appeared in one significant film role as Sir Guy of Gisbourne with Douglas Fairbanks in the title role of 'Robin Hood' directed by Allan Dwan for the United Artist Film Company in 1922. Paul died from heart disease in New York.

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Known for

Scared Stiff

6.4

Writer

1953

Robin Hood

7.0

Sir Guy of Gisbourne

1922

The Ghost Breakers

7.0

Writer

1940

Crashing Hollywood

6.1

Writer

1938

Credits

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Writer

Scared Stiff
6.4
- based on a play by
- 1953
Kraft Mystery Theatre
7.8
TV Series
- play
- 1949
The Ghost Breakers
7.0
- based on a play by
- 1940
Crashing Hollywood
6.1
- from the play by
- 1938
The Misleading Lady
5.1
- play
- 1932
The Broken Wing
5.1
- play
- 1932
Kid the Kidder
Short
- story
- 1930
Estrellados
6.4
- Writer
- 1930
Free and Easy
5.5
- adaptation
- 1930
Tin Gods
4.7
- adaptation
- 1926
Lights Out
- play
- 1923
The Broken Wing
- play
- 1923
Fog Bound
- scenario
- 1923
The Ghost Breaker
5.1
- play
- 1922
The Misleading Lady
- play
- 1920

Actor

Personal details

Height
- 5′ 11½″ (1.82 m)
Born
- May 12, 1882
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- January 7, 1933
- New York City, New York, USA(heart disease)
Spouse
- Inez Plummer1919 - January 7, 1933 (his death)
Other works
Stage: Wrote (w/Charles W. Goddard) "The Ghost Breaker", produced on Broadway. Lyceum Theatre: 3 Mar 1913-May 1913 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: James Anderson, Sara Biala, Margaret Boland, A.M. Buckley, 'Frank Campeau' (qwv), Walter Dean, Katherine Emmett, Martin Goodman, C.N. Greene, Frank Hilton, W.H. Long, Allen Prentice, Joseph Robinson, William Sampson, Arthur Standish, H.B. Warner, F.H. Westerton. Produced by Maurice Campbell. NOTE: Filmed as The Ghost Breaker (1914), The Ghost Breakers (1940).
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