Ranald MacDougall

Scenariusz, Reżyseria, Produkcja

10 marca 1915 — 12 grudnia 1973 (58 years)
Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 – December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Unsuspected (1947), June Bride (1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954), and shared screenwriting credit for 1963's Cleopatra. He also directed a number of films, including 1957's Man on Fire with Bing Crosby and 1959's The World, the Flesh and the Devil, both of which featured actress Inger Stevens.

Born in Schenectady, New York, MacDougall came from an impoverished working-class family. His father was a crane operator and union organizer, whose frequent strikes forced MacDougall to leave school before finishing the eighth grade to help support the family. He held a variety of odd jobs and during the Great Depression found work as an usher at Radio City Music Hall.

He saw greater potential across the street in Rockefeller Center, where he was hired as a page, working alongside Gregory Peck. As a page MacDougall had the opportunity to closely observe the radio industry, and in his spare time he wrote and submitted scripts to his boss under pseudonyms, and was finally hired as a staff writer for NBC Radio despite being underage at the time.

Known For

  • Mildred Pierce
    Mildred Pierce1945
  • Kleopatra
    Kleopatra1963
  • Nie jesteśmy aniołami
    Nie jesteśmy aniołami1955
  • Nie Jesteśmy Aniołami
    Nie Jesteśmy Aniołami1989
  • Mieć i nie mieć
    Mieć i nie mieć1950
  • Ciemna strona słońca
    Ciemna strona słońca1968
  • Trema
    Trema1950
  • Opętana
    Opętana1947
  • Queen Bee
    Queen Bee1955
  • Operacja Birma
    Operacja Birma1945
  • Śniegi w żałobie
    Śniegi w żałobie1956
  • Czerwcowa narzeczona
    Czerwcowa narzeczona1948
  • Naga dżungla
    Naga dżungla1954
  • Morderca poza podejrzeniem
    Morderca poza podejrzeniem1947
  • Tajemnica Inków
    Tajemnica Inków1954
  • Tytoń
    Tytoń1950
  • Porywcze serce
    Porywcze serce1949
  • Grupa uderzeniowa
    Grupa uderzeniowa1949
  • The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970
  • Go Naked in the World
    Go Naked in the World1961

Filmografia

1989
We're No Angels · as Original Film Writer
1973
That Man Bolt · as Screenplay
1970
1968
Dark of the Sun · as Screenplay
1963
Cleopatra · as Screenplay
1961
Go Naked in the World · as Screenplay
1959
1957
Man on Fire · as Screenplay
1956
The Mountain · as Screenplay
1955
Queen Bee · as Screenplay
1955
We're No Angels · as Screenplay
1954
Secret of the Incas · as Screenplay
1954
The Naked Jungle · as Screenplay
1951
1951
1950
1950
Bright Leaf · as Screenplay
1950
1949
The Hasty Heart · as Screenplay
1949
1948
1948
June Bride · as Screenplay
1947
The Unsuspected · as Screenplay
1947
Possessed · as Screenplay
1945
Mildred Pierce · as Screenplay
1945
Objective, Burma! · as Screenplay

1969

1968
Jigsaw · as Screen Story
1966
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Original Screenplay