- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- December 9, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Montrose, Colorado, USA
- Died
- September 10, 1976
Dalton Trumbo
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public sc…
Filmography
movieThe Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
moviePapillon
2017 · Original Film Writer
movieImminent Threat
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieJohnny Got His Gun
2008 · Writer
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
movieDalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
2006 · Himself
movieBuñuel in Hollywood
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieAlways
1989 · Original Film Writer
movieMetallica - 2 of One
1989 · Director
movieRoman Holiday
1987 · Original Film Writer
movieIshi: The Last of His Tribe
1978 · Writer
moviePapillon
1973 · Commandant (uncredited), Screenplay
movieExecutive Action
1973 · Screenplay
movieThe Way We Were
1973 · Additional Writing
movieFTA
1972 · Writer
movieThe Horsemen
1971 · Screenplay
movieJohnny Got His Gun
1971 · Orator, Director, Screenplay, Novel
movieThe Fixer
1968 · Screenplay
movieHawaii
1966 · Screenplay
movieThe Sandpiper
1965 · Screenplay
movieLonely are the Brave
1962 · Screenplay
movieTown Without Pity
1961 · Writer
movieThe Last Sunset
1961 · Screenplay
movieA Day of My Life
1961 · Story
movieExodus
1960 · Screenplay
movieSpartacus
1960 · Screenplay
movieTerror in a Texas Town
1958 · Screenplay
movieCowboy
1958 · Screenplay
movieThe Green-Eyed Blonde
1957 · Writer
movieThe Deerslayer
1957 · Screenplay
movieThe Brothers Rico
1957 · Screenplay
movieThe Brave One
1956 · Story, Screenplay
movieRoman Holiday
1953 · Story, Screenplay
movieHe Ran All the Way
1951 · Screenplay
movieThe Prowler
1951 · John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay
movieEmergency Wedding
1950 · Story
movieGun Crazy
1950 · Screenplay
movieThe Hollywood Ten
1950 · Self
movieOur Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Screenplay
movieJealousy
1945 · Story
movieThirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Screenplay
movieTender Comrade
1944 · Writer
movieA Guy Named Joe
1944 · Screenplay
movieI Married a Witch
1942 · Additional Writing
movieSomewhere I'll Find You
1942 · Writer
movieThe Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Screenplay
movieYou Belong to Me
1941 · Story
movieAccent on Love
1941 · Story
movieKitty Foyle
1940 · Screenplay
movieWe Who Are Young
1940 · Screenplay
movieA Bill of Divorcement
1940 · Writer
movieCurtain Call
1940 · Screenplay
movieHalf a Sinner
1940 · Story
movieThe Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · Story
movieHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Screenplay, Story
movieCareer
1939 · Writer
movieFive Came Back
1939 · Screenplay
movieThe Kid from Kokomo
1939 · Story
movieSorority House
1939 · Screenplay
movieThe Flying Irishman
1939 · Screenplay
movieA Man to Remember
1938 · Screenplay
movieFugitives for a Night
1938 · Screenplay
movieThat Man's Here Again
1937 · Writer
movieDevil's Playground
1937 · Writer
movieTugboat Princess
1936 · Story
movieLove Begins at Twenty
1936 · Screenplay
movieRoad Gang
1936 · Screenplay