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Meade Roberts

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born June 13, 1930Died February 10, 1992 (61 years)
Meade Roberts (13 June 1930 in New York City – 10 February 1992 in New York City) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the screenplays for the films The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Summer and Smoke (1961), both based on plays by Williams. In other work for films, Roberts wrote the screenplay for The Stripper (1963), starring Joanne Woodward, by adapting William Inge's play A Loss of Roses and wrote the screenplay for the movie In the Cool of the Day (1963), starring Peter Finch and Jane Fonda, by adapting Susan Ertz's novel of the same name. Roberts also was an actor in two John Cassavetes films: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). Roberts's play A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden (1957) had an off-Broadway run in NYC from November 26, 1957 to January 19, 1958, with Barbara Baxley as Barbara Parris. In 1960, Tomás Milián appeared at Spoleto's Festival dei Due Mondi in Roberts's one-act play Maidens and Mistresses at Home in the Zoo (1958), written specifically for him.

From Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Fugitive Kind
  • Summer and Smoke
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  • In the Cool of the Day
  • Blue
  • Danger Route
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • Star Tonight
  • Forty Deuce
  • Out of the Unknown
  • Suspense
  • The Lux Video Theatre

Filmography

1968
Blue · as Screenplay
1967
Danger Route · as Screenplay
1965
Out of the Unknown (TV Series)
1963
In the Cool of the Day · as Screenplay
1963
1961
Summer and Smoke · as Screenplay
1960
The Fugitive Kind · as Screenplay
1955
1955
Star Tonight (TV Series)
1953
Ponds Theater (TV Series)
1950
1949
Suspense (TV Series)

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