Meade Roberts

Escritor, Actor

13 de junio de 1930 — 10 de febrero de 1992 (61 años)
Meade Roberts (13 June 1930 in New York City – 10 February 1992 in New York City) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the screenplays for the films The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Summer and Smoke (1961), both based on plays by Williams. In other work for films, Roberts wrote the screenplay for The Stripper (1963), starring Joanne Woodward, by adapting William Inge's play A Loss of Roses and wrote the screenplay for the movie In the Cool of the Day (1963), starring Peter Finch and Jane Fonda, by adapting Susan Ertz's novel of the same name. Roberts also was an actor in two John Cassavetes films: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). Roberts's play A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden (1957) had an off-Broadway run in NYC from November 26, 1957 to January 19, 1958, with Barbara Baxley as Barbara Parris. In 1960, Tomás Milián appeared at Spoleto's Festival dei Due Mondi in Roberts's one-act play Maidens and Mistresses at Home in the Zoo (1958), written specifically for him.

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Conocido por

  • Piel de serpiente
    Piel de serpiente1960
  • Verano y humo
    Verano y humo1961
  • El asesinato de un corredor de apuestas chino
    El asesinato de un corredor de apuestas chino1976
  • Amor prohibido
    Amor prohibido1963
  • Infierno en el rio
    Infierno en el rio1968
  • Ruta Peligrosa
    Ruta Peligrosa1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock presenta
    Alfred Hitchcock presenta7 seasons
  • Cuarenta y dos
    Cuarenta y dos1982
  • Star Tonight
    Star Tonight2 seasons
  • Out of the Unknown
    Out of the Unknown4 seasons
  • Suspense
    Suspense6 seasons
  • The Lux Video Theatre
    The Lux Video Theatre7 seasons

Filmography

1968
Blue · as Screenplay
1967
Danger Route · as Screenplay
1965
1963
In the Cool of the Day · as Screenplay
1963
1961
Summer and Smoke · as Screenplay
1960
The Fugitive Kind · as Screenplay
1955
1955
1953
1950
1949

1982
Forty Deuce · as Old John
1977
Opening Night · as Eddie Stein
1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie · as Mr. Sophistication

1959
1956
Playhouse 90 · as Adaptation
1955
Matinee Theater · as Story
1953
The Man Behind the Badge · as Written By
1952
CBS Television Workshop · as Written By
1947