Horton Foote
Writer, Actor, Producer, Director
March 14, 1916 — March 4, 2009 (92 years)
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
Known For
Filmography
| 2014 | |
| 2010 | Main Street · as Screenplay |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Lily Dale · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1992 | Of Mice and Men · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1987 | Courtship · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | On Valentine's Day · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1985 | The Trip to Bountiful · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1985 | 1918On Plex |
| 1983 | Tender MerciesOn Plex |
| 1980 | |
| 1972 | Tomorrow · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Chase · as Novel |
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird · as Screenplay |
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| 1996 | Lily Dale · as Old Horace (voice)On Plex |
| 1990 | The Civil War · as Jefferson Davis (voice) |
| 1985 | The Trip to BountifulOn Plex |
| 1983 | Tender Mercies · as Co-ProducerOn Plex |
| 2020 | Horton Foote: The Road to Home · as Self |
| 2015 | The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2002 | NOW · as Self - Playwright (segment: Horton Foote) |
| 1998 | Fearful Symmetry · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Biography · as Self |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self |
| 2015 | Bessie · as Story |
| 1997 | Old Man · as TeleplayOn Plex |
| 1980 | Barn Burning · as Teleplay |
| 1977 | The Displaced Person · as TeleplayOn Plex |
| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall · as Theatre Play |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Television Play By |
| 1953 | The Trip to Bountiful · as Teleplay |
| 1952 | Omnibus · as Adaptation |
| 1952 | The Doctor (1952) · as Written By |
| 1950 | The Gabby Hayes Show (1950) · as Written By |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Adapted By |