Joseph Petracca
Scénariste
16 décembre 1913 — 28 septembre 1963 (49 ans)
Joseph Petracca was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and television writer of Italian descent. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Petracca moved to Los Angeles after the end of World War II and worked a series of full-time jobs, mainly as a steam press operator for a laundry and linen rental service, while he pursued his writing in the evenings and began raising a family with his wife Lena. In the early fifties Petracca began publishing fiction in the popular magazines of the day. Throughout the fifties Petracca wrote and collaborated on numerous films for such studios as 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures and in the sixties wrote episodes for such television shows as The Untouchables, Rawhide and Route 66. Petracca is survived by a daughter, Frances Petracca, a neuroscientist and AIDS researcher, and a son, novelist and university Lecturer Emeritus Michael Petracca.
Filmographie
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| 1960 | Route 66Sur Plex |
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| 1959 | The Jayhawkers! · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | One Step BeyondSur Plex |
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| 1958 | The Proud Rebel · as ScreenplaySur Plex |
| 1956 | The Proud Ones · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | Something for the Birds · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict · as Written By |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Teleplay |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) · as Written By |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Written By |
| 1955 | Seven Cities of Gold · as Additional Dialogue |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour · as Story |
| 1954 | The Lineup · as Teleplay |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology · as Story |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre · as Teleplay |