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Richard Macaulay(1909-1969)

  • Writer
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Richard Macaulay was born on 18 August 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Riding on Air (1937), The Roaring Twenties (1939) and Ready, Willing and Able (1937). He died on 18 September 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 18, 1909
DiedSeptember 18, 1969(60)
BornAugust 18, 1909
DiedSeptember 18, 1969(60)
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Known for

Joe E. Brown, Vinton Hayworth, Guy Kibbee, David L. Loew, Florence Rice, and Edward Sedgwick in Riding on Air (1937)
Riding on Air
5.0
  • Writer
  • 1937
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties
7.9
  • Writer
  • 1939
Lee Dixon and Ruby Keeler in Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Ready, Willing and Able
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1937
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Roland Got in Across the Pacific (1942)
Across the Pacific
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1942

Credits

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Writer

  • The Gallant Men (1962)
    The Gallant Men
    8.0
    TV Series
    • magazine story
    • 1963
  • Troubleshooters (1959)
    Troubleshooters
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1959
  • James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
    8.0
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1959
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • 1959
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    7.7
    TV Series
    • teleplay by (as Richard Brady Macaulay)
    • 1958
  • Judson Laire and Peggy Wood in Mama (1949)
    Mama
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Richard Basehart and Gloria Grahame in The Good Die Young (1954)
    The Good Die Young
    6.7
    • novel
    • 1954
  • Cosmopolitan Theatre
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1951
  • The Web (1950)
    The Web
    6.9
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1951
  • Walter Slezak, Lawrence Tierney, and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947)
    Born to Kill
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 1947
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Joan Shawlee in Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
    Buck Privates Come Home
    6.8
    • based on story by
    • 1947
  • Jane Russell in Young Widow (1946)
    Young Widow
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1946
  • Lynn Bari, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, and John Payne in Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
    Hello Frisco, Hello
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1943
  • Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Roland Got in Across the Pacific (1942)
    Across the Pacific
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan in Wings for the Eagle (1942)
    Wings for the Eagle
    5.8
    • additional dialogue
    • 1942

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Richard Brady Macaulay
  • Born
    • August 18, 1909
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • September 18, 1969
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Other works
    Novel: "Front Page Woman". NOTE: Filmed as Front Page Woman (1935).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    During the Joseph McCarthy "Red Scare" , the rabidly conservative Macauley testified as a 'friendly witness' before HUAC, naming 29 people in the industry he claimed had links to the Communist Party.
  • Nickname
    • Dick
  • Salary
    • Buck Privates Come Home
      (1947)
      $2,000 /week

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