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James Edward Grant

Writer, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born July 2, 1905Died February 19, 1966 (60 years)
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James Edward Grant (July 2, 1905 - February 19, 1966) was an American short story writer and screenwriter who contributed to more than fifty films between 1935 and 1971.

Born in Chicago, Grant began his career in the mid-1930s developing stories or writing scripts for mostly B movies. He collaborated with John Wayne on twelve projects, starting with Angel and the Badman (which he also directed) in 1947 through Circus World in 1964. Support Your Local Gunfighter was released in 1971, five years after his death.

Grant won the Bronze Wrangler, an annual award presented by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, twice, for The Alamo in 1961 and The Comancheros the following year. He and William Bowers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Sheepman in 1959.

Grant wrote numerous short stories that were published in Argosy, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and Liberty, among others.

Grant died from cancer in Burbank, California. He owned a cattle ranch in Winton in Merced County from the 1940s until his death.

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Known For

  • The Alamo
  • McLintock!
  • Hondo
  • Donovan's Reef
  • Angel and the Badman
  • Support Your Local Gunfighter
  • Sands of Iwo Jima
  • Flying Leathernecks
  • The Comancheros
  • The Last Wagon
  • Johnny Eager
  • Boom Town
  • Three Violent People
  • The Proud Rebel
  • The Sheepman
  • Big Brown Eyes
  • Big Jim McLain
  • The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
  • Johnny Allegro
  • Circus World
  • Music in My Heart
  • The Barbarian and the Geisha
  • Angel and the Bad Man
  • Trouble Along the Way

Filmography

1976
1971
1964
Circus World · as Screenplay
1963
McLintock! · as Screenplay
1963
Donovan's Reef · as Screenplay
1961
The Comancheros · as Screenplay
1960
The Alamo · as Screenplay
1958
1958
The Sheepman · as Screenplay
1956
Three Violent People · as Screenplay
1956
The Last Wagon · as Screenplay
1954
Ring of Fear · as Screenplay
1953
Hondo · as Screenplay
1952
1951
Flying Leathernecks · as Screenplay
1951
Bullfighter and the Lady · as Screenplay
1950
1950
Surrender · as Screenplay
1950
Rock Island Trail · as Screenplay
1949
Sands of Iwo Jima · as Screenplay
1947
Angel and the Badman · as Screenplay
1945
1945
Incendiary Blonde · as Contributing Writer
1944
Belle of the Yukon · as Screenplay
1942
The Lady Is Willing · as Screenplay
1941
1940
Music in My Heart · as Screenplay
1939
Miracles for Sale · as Screenplay
1938
1938
Josette · as Screenplay
1937
Danger - Love at Work · as Screenplay
1937
The Women Men Marry · as Screenplay
1936
Grand Jury · as Screenplay
1936
Muss 'em Up · as Novel

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