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Frank S. Nugent
Writer, Additional Credits
Born May 27, 1908Died December 30, 1965 (57 years)
Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
Filmography
| 1971 | |
| 1966 | Incident at Phantom Hill · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Empire (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | North West Frontier · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | The Searchers · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | The Tall Men · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | They Rode West · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | Trouble in the Glen · as Screenplay |
| 1953 | Paratrooper · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | Angel Face · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man · as Screenplay |
| 1950 | Wagon Master · as Screenplay |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon · as Screenplay |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as Screenplay |