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Horace McCoy
Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born April 14, 1897Died December 15, 1955 (58 years)
Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer, and is author of five novels including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy is now recognized as a peer of Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1955.
Filmography
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud · as Novel |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · as Novel |
| 1955 | Texas Lady · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | The Road to Denver · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other · as Screenplay |
| 1953 | |
| 1952 | Montana Belle · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | |
| 1952 | Bronco Buster · as Screenplay |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye · as Novel |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan · as Screenplay |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim · as Screenplay |
| 1942 | Valley of the Sun · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | Texas · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob · as Screenplay |
| 1940 | Parole Fixer · as Screenplay |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | Island of Lost Men · as Screenplay |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding · as Screenplay |
| 1938 | Dangerous to Know · as Screenplay |
| 1938 | |
| 1936 | Postal Inspector · as Screenplay |
| 1936 |