With a 1953 Pulitzer Prize, a Tony and a New York Drama Critics Circle Award for his play Teahouse of the August Moon, and numerous other successful Broadway productions, John Patrick is best known as a playwright, but he also wrote screenplays for over two-dozen films, including the screenplay for Teahouse (1956), Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955), and The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968). Patrick started out scripting programs for NBC radio out of San Francisco in 1933 and then turned to theatrical productions. His play The Hasty Heart describes his experiences as a battlefield ambulance driver during WWII. In 1949, Ronald Reagan starred in the film version. His screenplay for the musical Les Girls (1957) earned Patrick an award from the Screen Writers Guild. Patrick spent the last two years of his life in a Delray Beach, FL, assisted-care facility. On November 7, 1995, the 90-year-old playwright was found dead in his room with a plastic bag over his head. His death was ruled a suicide.
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The Shoes of the Fisherman
Screenwriter |
1968 | |||
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The Main Attraction
Producer, Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
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Gigot
Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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The World of Suzie Wong
Screenwriter |
1960 | |||
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Some Came Running
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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Les Girls
Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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High Society
Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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The Teahouse of the August Moon
Play Author, Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Screenwriter |
1955 | |||
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Three Coins in the Fountain
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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The President's Lady
Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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The Hasty Heart
Play Author, Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Enchantment
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Second Chance
Screen Story |
1947 | |||
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Battle of Broadway
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Five of a Kind
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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International Settlement
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Up the River
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Big Town Girl
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Born Reckless
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Dangerously Yours
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Midnight Taxi
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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One Mile from Heaven
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Sing and Be Happy
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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The Holy Terror
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Time out for Romance
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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15 Maiden Lane
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Educating Father
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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High Tension
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Thirty Six Hours to Kill
Screenwriter |
1936 |

