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Paddy Chayefsky
Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 29, 1923Died August 1, 1981 (58 years)
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
Paddy Chayefsky Filmography
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Welcome To The Basement (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Altered States · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | Network · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Goddess · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1945 |
| 1971 | The Hospital · as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | |
| 1947 | A Double Life · as Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The True Glory · as Commentator |
| 1971 | |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party · as Associate Producer |
| 1955 |
| 2025 | Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words · as Self |
| 2024 | Faye · as Self - Screenwriter: 'network' |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1978 | The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1977 | The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1972 | The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Screenwriter |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The 28th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Bow |
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon · as Adaptation |
| 1966 | Gideon · as Play |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party · as Story |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair · as Teleplay |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel · as Story |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Written By |