Horace McCoy was born on April 14, 1897 in Pegram, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Dangerous Mission (1954) and Rage at Dawn (1955). He died on December 16, 1955 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Before the successful film adaptation of his novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), there were two failed attempts to bring the novel into a feature film. The first one, in 1936, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer purchased the rights to the novel as a potential starring vehicle for Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, but the project fell apart due to the sudden death of Jean Harlow in 1937. The second one, in 1950, when Charles Chaplin optioned the rights to the novel with Norman Lloyd as director and planned to cast his son Sydney Chaplin and newcomer Marilyn Monroe in the lead roles, but the project fell apart again because Chaplin's re-entry permit was revoked while promoting Limelight (1952).
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Appointment in Berlin
1943
writer
Flight for Freedom
1943
story
Gentleman Jim
1942
screen play
Valley of the Sun
1942
screenplay
Texas
1941
screenplay
Wild Geese Calling
1941
Western Union
1941
contributor to dialogue - uncredited
Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
Queen of the Mob
1940
screenplay
Women Without Names
1940
screenplay
Parole Fixer
1940
screenplay
Television Spy
1939
writer
Island of Lost Men
1939
screenplay
Undercover Doctor
1939
writer
Persons in Hiding
1939
screenplay
Prison Farm
1938
contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited
$18 Million
