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Wells Root

Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born March 21, 1900Died March 9, 1993 (92 years)
Wells Root was an American screenwriter and lecturer. In the mid-1930s he was involved with the Screen Writers Guild and in the 1950s the University of Southern California asked him to teach Film and Television Writing Technique, where he worked during the next twenty years.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Lone Ranger
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive
  • Cheyenne
  • Bird of Paradise
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  • I Cover the Waterfront
  • The Bold Caballero

Known For

  • The Prisoner of Zenda
  • Magnificent Obsession
  • Texas Across the River
  • Bird of Paradise
  • The Prisoner of Zenda
  • Tiger Shark
  • I Cover the Waterfront
  • Tennessee Johnson
  • Night Flight
  • Flight Command
  • Cheyenne
  • Shadow of Doubt
  • The Getaway
  • The Bold Caballero
  • Maverick
  • Captain Midnight
  • Hell Ship Mutiny

Filmography

1966
1966
Tarzan (1966) (TV Series)
1961
1959
Laramie (TV Series)
1958
1957
Hell Ship Mutiny · as Screenplay
1957
Maverick (TV Series)
1955
Cheyenne (TV Series)
1955
1954
Captain Midnight (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1953
1951
Stronghold · as Screenplay
1951
1943
The Man from Down Under · as Screenplay
1942
Tennessee Johnson · as Screenplay
1942
Mokey · as Screenplay
1941
The Getaway · as Screenplay
1941
The Bad Man · as Screenplay
1940
Flight Command · as Screenplay
1939
Thunder Afloat · as Screenplay
1939
Man of Conquest · as Screenplay
1939
Sergeant Madden · as Screenplay
1936
1935
Pursuit · as Screenplay
1935
Public Hero Number 1 · as Screenplay
1935
Shadow of Doubt · as Screenplay
1934
Flirtation · as Screenplay
1934
Paris Interlude · as Screenplay
1934
1933
1933
1932
Tiger Shark · as Screenplay
1932
Bird of Paradise · as Screenplay
1931
1930
The Storm · as Screenplay

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