John Lee Mahin

Writer, Actor, Producer

August 23, 1902 — April 18, 1984 (81 years)
John Lee Mahin was an American screenwriter and producer of films who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known as the favorite writer of Clark Gable and Victor Fleming. In the words of one profile, he had "a flair for rousing adventure material, and at the same time he wrote some of the raciest and most sophisticated sexual comedies of that period."

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Quo Vadis
    Quo Vadis1951
  • The Horse Soldiers
    The Horse Soldiers1959
  • A Star Is Born
    A Star Is Born1937
  • No Time for Sergeants
    No Time for Sergeants1958
  • The Adventures of Tartu
    The Adventures of Tartu1943

Known For

  • The Bad Seed
    The Bad Seed1956
  • The Horse Soldiers
    The Horse Soldiers1959
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison1957
  • Scarface
    Scarface1932
  • Mogambo
    Mogambo1953
  • Captains Courageous
    Captains Courageous1937
  • Quo Vadis
    Quo Vadis1951
  • Show Boat
    Show Boat1951
  • Red Dust
    Red Dust1932
  • North to Alaska
    North to Alaska1960
  • Boom Town
    Boom Town1940
  • Woman of the Year
    Woman of the Year1942
  • Johnny Eager
    Johnny Eager1941
  • Bombshell
    Bombshell1933
  • Elephant Walk
    Elephant Walk1954
  • The Yearling
    The Yearling1946
  • Panic in the Streets
    Panic in the Streets1950
  • Too Hot to Handle
    Too Hot to Handle1938
  • Treasure Island
    Treasure Island1934
  • No Time for Sergeants
    No Time for Sergeants1958

Filmography

2018
The Bad Seed · as Screenplay
1966
Moment to Moment · as Screenplay
1962
The Spiral Road · as Screenplay
1960
North to Alaska · as Screenplay
1960
1959
The Horse Soldiers · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1958
No Time for Sergeants · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison · as Screenplay
1956
The Bad Seed · as Screenplay
1955
1954
1953
Mogambo · as Screenplay
1951
Quo Vadis · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1951
Show Boat · as Screenplay
1950
1950
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships · as Screenplay
1946
1945
1945
1943
The Adventures of Tartu · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1942
Tortilla Flat · as Screenplay
1942
Woman of the Year · as Contributing Writer
1941
Johnny Eager · as Screenplay
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Screenplay
1940
Boom Town · as Screenplay
1939
The Wizard of Oz · as Contributing Writer
1938
Too Hot to Handle · as Screenplay
1937
The Last Gangster · as Screenplay
1937
Captains Courageous · as Screenplay
1937
A Star Is Born · as Contributing WriterOn Plex
1936
Love on the Run · as Screenplay
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy · as Screenplay
1936
Small Town Girl · as Screenplay
1936
Wife vs. Secretary · as Screenplay
1935
China Seas · as Screenplay
1935
Naughty Marietta · as Screenplay
1934
Chained · as Screenplay
1934
Treasure Island · as Screenplay
1934
Laughing Boy · as Screenplay
1933
1933
1933
Bombshell · as Screenplay
1932
1932
Red Dust · as Screenplay
1932
1932
1931

1933
Hell Below · as Lieut. (jg) 'speed' Nelson
1932
Scarface · as Macarthur From The Journal (uncredited)

1977

1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show · as Written By
1952
My Son John · as Adaptation
1948
That Wonderful Urge · as Contract Writer
1938
Test Pilot · as Treatment
1935
Riffraff · as Contributor To Dialogue
1933
Hell Below · as Dialogue
1932
Scarface · as Continuity
1932
Scarface · as Dialogue
1932
The Beast of the City · as Screenwriter