Writing · geboren 1911-05-21 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

John Paxton

John Paxton (May 21, 1911 – January 5, 1985) was an American screenwriter. Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial film The Wild One in 1953, starring Marlon Brando.

Bekannt aus

• Der Wilde (1953) – Screenplay
• Leb' wohl, Liebling (1944) – Screenplay
• Das letzte Ufer (1959) – Screenplay
• Im Kreuzfeuer (1947) – Screenplay
• USS Charleston - Die letzte Hoffnung der Menschheit (2000) – Screenplay
• Vierzehn Stunden (1951) – Screenplay
• Cornered (1945) – Screenplay
• Blutige Diamanten (1949) – Additional Dialogue
• Die Verlorenen (1955) – Screenplay
• Opa kann's nicht lassen (1971) – Screenplay
• Crack-Up (1946) – Screenplay
• Der Mann, den keiner kannte (1957) – Screenplay
• So Well Remembered (1947) – Screenplay
• Kennwort - Berlin-Tempelhof (1955) – Screenplay
• Onkel George und seine Mörder (1957) – Screenplay
• General Electric Theater (1953) – Writer
• My Pal, Wolf (1944) – Writer
• I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977) – Creator
• On the Beach (2000) – Screenplay
• Aftermath (1960) – Writer
• Of Men and Music (1951) – Writer
• The Great Man's Whiskers (1972) – Writer