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Leonard Spigelgass(1908-1985)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
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Several of Leonard's plays reached Broadway, most notably "A Majority of One" in 1959. He also wrote "Climax" and "Playhouse 90" for television in addition to scripting eleven Academy Award shows. He authored a number of books including his collaboration on Edward G. Robinson's autobiography. During WWII he served as a colonel in the Army Signal Corps and edited "Army, Navy Screen Magazine."
BornNovember 26, 1908
DiedFebruary 15, 1985(76)
BornNovember 26, 1908
DiedFebruary 15, 1985(76)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

Mystery Street (1950)
Mystery Street
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1950
Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, and Rosalind Russell in Gypsy (1962)
Gypsy
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1962
Cary Grant, Marion Marshall, Bill Neff, Ann Sheridan, and Randy Stuart in I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
I Was a Male War Bride
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1949
A Majority of One (1961)
A Majority of One
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1961

Credits

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Writer



  • The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983)
    The 55th Annual Academy Awards
    5.6
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1983
  • The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)
    The 54th Annual Academy Awards
    6.2
    TV Special
    • written by
    • 1982
  • Die kluge Witwe
    TV Movie
    • story by
    • 1981
  • Le pont japonais (1981)
    Le pont japonais
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1981
  • The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980)
    The 52nd Annual Academy Awards
    5.7
    TV Special
    • written by
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978)
    The 50th Annual Academy Awards
    7.0
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976)
    The 48th Annual Academy Awards
    5.5
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • 20th Century Fox Presents... A Tribute to Darryl F. Zanuck
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1974
  • Melissa Sue Anderson and Marion Ross in ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
    ABC Afterschool Specials
    7.2
    TV Series
    • translated by
    • 1974
  • The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973)
    The 45th Annual Academy Awards
    6.6
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1973
  • Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, and Rosalind Russell in Gypsy (1962)
    Gypsy
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • A Majority of One (1961)
    A Majority of One
    6.8
    • play
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • Pepe (1960)
    Pepe
    5.5
    • screen story
    • 1960
  • A Majority of One
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1960
  • Dan Duryea in Climax! (1954)
    Climax!
    6.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1955–1957

Director



  • MGM Parade (1955)
    MGM Parade
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1956

Producer



  • Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Agnes Moorehead, and Sam Levene in The Big Street (1942)
    The Big Street
    6.4
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Robert Cummings, Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Peggy Moran, and Nina Orla in One Night in the Tropics (1940)
    One Night in the Tropics
    6.3
    • associate producer
    • 1940
  • Chester Morris, Jean Parker, and Ralph Remley in Princess O'Hara (1935)
    Princess O'Hara
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1935

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 26, 1908
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • February 15, 1985
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Biography (w/Edward G. Robinson): "All My Yesterdays".
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    • 2 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In the 1950s, Spigelgass would often hold court at the writer's table in the MGM commissary, dispensing words of wisdom and advice to younger writers. One of them, Gore Vidal, gave him the not-very-flattering nickname of "The Wise Hack", and quotes him in several essays.

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