Frank S. Nugent
Writer
May 27, 1908 — 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1971 | |
| 1966 | Incident at Phantom Hill · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | North West Frontier · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Tulsa · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour · as Story |
| 1950 | Two Flags West · as Story |