George Seaton

Escritor, Director, Productor, Actor

17 de abril de 1911 — 28 de julio de 1979 (68 años)
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George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director.

Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as an actor on radio station WXYZ. John L. Barrett played The Lone Ranger on test broadcasts of the series in early January 1933, but when the program became part of the regular schedule Seaton was cast in the title role. In later years he claimed to have devised the cry "Hi-yo, Silver" because he couldn't whistle for his horse as the script required.

Seaton joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a contract writer in 1933. His first major screen credit was the Marx Brothers comedy A Day at the Races in 1937. In the early 1940s he joined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for the rest of the decade, writing scripts for Moon Over Miami, Coney Island, Charley's Aunt, The Song of Bernadette, and others before making his directorial debut with Diamond Horseshoe in 1945. From this point on he was credited as both screenwriter and director for most of his films, including The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Miracle on 34th Street, Apartment for Peggy, Chicken Every Sunday, The Big Lift, For Heaven's Sake, Little Boy Lost, The Country Girl, and The Proud and Profane.

But Not Goodbye, Seaton's 1944 Broadway debut as a playwright, closed after only 23 performances, although it later was adapted for the 1946 film The Cockeyed Miracle by Karen DeWolf. In 1967 he returned to Broadway to direct the Norman Krasna play Love in E Flat, which was a critical and commercial flop. The musical Here's Love, adapted from his screenplay for Miracle on 34th Street by Meredith Willson, proved to be more successful.

Seaton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay twice, for Miracle on 34th Street (which also earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay) and The Country Girl, and was nominated for Oscars three additional times. He received The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.

Seaton died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California.

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Películas y series en Plex

  • Sitiados
    Sitiados1950
  • The Miracle on 34th Street
    The Miracle on 34th Street1955

Conocido por

  • De ilusión también se vive
    De ilusión también se vive1947
  • Milagro en la ciudad
    Milagro en la ciudad1994
  • Aeropuerto
    Aeropuerto1970
  • La angustia de vivir
    La angustia de vivir1954
  • Un día en las carreras
    Un día en las carreras1937
  • Los puentes de Toko-Ri
    Los puentes de Toko-Ri1954
  • Enséñame a querer
    Enséñame a querer1958
  • 36 Horas
    36 Horas1964
  • La canción de Bernadette
    La canción de Bernadette1943
  • Cazador de forajidos
    Cazador de forajidos1957
  • Espía por mandato
    Espía por mandato1962
  • Sitiados
    Sitiados1950
  • Perdidos en la gran ciudad
    Perdidos en la gran ciudad1960
  • Se necesitan maridos
    Se necesitan maridos1941
  • Amigos hasta la muerte
    Amigos hasta la muerte1973
  • Apartamento para Peggy
    Apartamento para Peggy1948
  • El doctor se casa
    El doctor se casa1940
  • Su grata compañía
    Su grata compañía1961
  • Rhubarb
    Rhubarb1951
  • Los héroes también lloran
    Los héroes también lloran1956

Filmography

1994
Miracle on 34th Street · as Screenplay
1973
1970
Airport · as Screenplay
1964
36 Hours · as Screenplay
1962
1959
Miracle on 34th Street · as Screenplay
1955
The Miracle on 34th Street · as Original Film WriterEn Plex
1954
The Country Girl · as Screenplay
1953
Little Boy Lost · as Screenplay
1952
1950
1950
1949
1948
1947
Miracle on 34th Street · as Screenplay
1947
1945
1945
Diamond Horseshoe · as Screenplay
1944
1943
The Song of Bernadette · as Screenplay
1943
Coney Island · as Screenplay
1943
1942
The Magnificent Dope · as Screenplay
1941
Charley's Aunt · as Screenplay
1941
That Night in Rio · as Screenplay
1940
This Thing Called Love · as Screenplay
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife · as Screenplay
1939
The Wizard of Oz · as Contributing Writer
1937
Stage Door · as Contributing Writer
1937
A Day at the Races · as Screenplay
1935