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Anthony Veiller(1903-1965)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Anthony Veiller
Anthony Veiller was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Killers (1946), The Stranger (1946) and The List of Adrian Messenger (1963). He was married to Ethel Grace (Rowley) Mellon Rose Hornburg, Laura Kerr and Elise LaRose. He died on 27 June 1965 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 23, 1903
DiedJune 27, 1965(62)
BornJune 23, 1903
DiedJune 27, 1965(62)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, William Conrad, and Charles McGraw in The Killers (1946)
The Killers
7.7
  • Writer
  • 1946
Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)
The Stranger
7.3
  • Writer
  • 1946
Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster in The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
The List of Adrian Messenger
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1963
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Moulin Rouge
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1952

Credits

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Producer

  • Minerva Urecal in The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957)
    The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
    7.9
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1957–1958
  • Herbert Berghof, Peter Graves, and Andrea King in Red Planet Mars (1952)
    Red Planet Mars
    4.9
    • producer
    • 1952
  • Force of Arms (1951)
    Force of Arms
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1951
  • Randolph Scott and Phyllis Thaxter in Fort Worth (1951)
    Fort Worth
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1951
  • Kirk Douglas and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Along the Great Divide
    6.8
    • produced by
    • 1951
  • Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman in Dallas (1950)
    Dallas
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1950
  • Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Parker in Chain Lightning (1950)
    Chain Lightning
    6.0
    • producer
    • 1950
  • Gordon MacRae and Virginia Mayo in Backfire (1950)
    Backfire
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1950
  • Virginia Mayo and Joel McCrea in Colorado Territory (1949)
    Colorado Territory
    7.2
    • producer
    • 1949
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury, and Van Johnson in State of the Union (1948)
    State of the Union
    7.2
    • associate producer
    • 1948
  • Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, and Robert Preston in New York Town (1941)
    New York Town
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Betty Field and Fredric March in Victory (1940)
    Victory
    6.7
    • producer
    • 1940
  • Preston Foster, Dorothy Lamour, and Robert Preston in Moon Over Burma (1940)
    Moon Over Burma
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1940
  • Lillian Cornell, Virginia Dale, and Wayne Morris in The Quarterback (1940)
    The Quarterback
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1940
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Madeleine Carroll in Safari (1940)
    Safari
    6.1
    • producer
    • 1940

Writer

  • Hideouser and Hideouser (2019)
    Hideouser and Hideouser
    7.2
    Short
    • co-writer
    • 2019
  • Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner, and Sue Lyon in The Night of the Iguana (1964)
    The Night of the Iguana
    7.5
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster in The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
    The List of Adrian Messenger
    6.8
    • screenplay by
    • 1963
  • Ray Milland in Markham (1959)
    Markham
    8.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1959–1960
  • Solomon and Sheba (1959)
    Solomon and Sheba
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • Yvonne De Carlo and Victor Mature in Timbuktu (1958)
    Timbuktu
    5.7
    • written by
    • 1958
  • Dianne Foster and Cameron Mitchell in Monkey on My Back (1957)
    Monkey on My Back
    6.9
    • written by
    • 1957
  • Safari (1956)
    Safari
    5.7
    • screenplay
    • 1956
  • Olivia de Havilland and Gilbert Roland in That Lady (1955)
    That Lady
    5.3
    • screenplay
    • 1955
  • Beat the Devil (1953)
    Beat the Devil
    6.4
    • screenplay collaboration (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Moulin Rouge (1952)
    Moulin Rouge
    7.0
    • screenplay by
    • 1952
  • Herbert Berghof, Peter Graves, and Andrea King in Red Planet Mars (1952)
    Red Planet Mars
    4.9
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury, and Van Johnson in State of the Union (1948)
    State of the Union
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 1948
  • Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, William Conrad, and Charles McGraw in The Killers (1946)
    The Killers
    7.7
    • screenplay
    • 1946
  • Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)
    The Stranger
    7.3
    • screen play by
    • 1946

Director

  • Know Your Ally: Britain (1944)
    Know Your Ally: Britain
    6.3
    Short
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • The Battle of Britain (1943)
    The Battle of Britain
    7.1
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1943

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 23, 1903
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • June 27, 1965
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Ethel Grace (Rowley) Mellon Rose HornburgJanuary 10, 1948 - June 27, 1965 (his death, 1 child)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    American writer-producer, active between 1925 and 1930 as a journalist, publicist and stage manager. Moved to Hollywood, initially under contract at RKO (1934-37). During World War II, worked with Frank Capra as writer of the "Why We Fight" series for the Office of War Information. Producer and writer for United Artists (1951-52 and 1956-59). His best screenplays included the film noir classic The Killers (1946) and the Toulouse-Lautrec biopic Moulin Rouge (1952).
  • Nickname
    • Tony

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