Paddy Chayefsky
Writer, Actor, Producer
29 January 1923 — 1 August 1981 (58 years)
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
Known For
Filmography
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Welcome To The Basement · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Altered States · as Novel |
| 1976 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Goddess · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Marty · as Screenplay |
| 1951 | |
| 1948 | |
| 1945 | The True GloryOn Plex |
| 1971 | The Hospital · as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Marty · as Leo (uncredited) |
| 1947 | A Double Life · as Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The True Glory · as CommentatorOn Plex |
| 1971 | |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party · as Associate Producer |
| 1955 | Marty · as Associate Producer |
| 2024 | Faye · as Self - Screenwriter: 'network' |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1978 | The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1977 | The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1972 | The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show · as Self - GuestOn Plex |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self - Screenwriter |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1958 | Monitor · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show · as Self |
| 1956 | The 28th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self - Audience Bow |
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon · as Adaptation |
| 1966 | Gideon · as Play |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair · as Teleplay |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour · as Based On A Story By |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel · as Story |
| 1950 | Danger · as Written By |