Damon Runyon Net Worth

Damon Runyon Net Worth is
$1.1 Million

Damon Runyon Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and author.He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit," "Benny Southstreet," "Big Jule," "Harry the Horse," "Good Time Charley," "Dave the Dude," or "The Seldom Seen Kid." His distinctive vernacular style is known as "Runyonese": a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions. He is credited with coining the phrase "Hooray Henry", a term now used in British English to describe an upper-class, loud-mouthed, arrogant twit.Runyon's fictional world is also known to the general public through the musical Guys and Dolls based on two of his stories, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure". The musical additionally borrows characters and story elements from a few other Runyon stories, most notably "Pick The Winner." The film Little Miss Marker (and its two remakes, Sorrowful Jones and the 1980 Little Miss Marker) grew from his short story of the same name.Runyon was also a newspaperman. He wrote the lead article for UP on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Presidential inauguration in 1933.

Date Of BirthOctober 3, 1880
Died1946-12-10
Place Of BirthManhattan, Kansas, USA
ProfessionWriter, Actor, Producer
NationalityAmerican
Star SignLibra
#Quote
1The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet.
#Fact
1Shortly after his death from throat cancer, his old friend and former assistant Walter Winchell established the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund in his memory. As the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Institute, the foundation continues to fund research into finding a cure for cancer.
2After his death, as requested in his will, he was cremated and his ashes scattered over Manhattan by his son from a plane piloted by his old friend, legendary flier Eddie Rickenbacker.
3Recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (presented to a writer for meritorious contributions to baseball writing) in 1963.
4Suffered from throat cancer (which left him speechless) and died broke.
5Author of the short stories "Guys and Dolls," "Little Miss Marker," "The Old Doll's House," "The Big Mitten," "The Lemon Drop Kid," and "Lady for a Day." With the exception of "Guys and Dolls" (which was made as a film for the first time in 1955, nine years after his death), all of these stories were adapted as feature films during his lifetime, and remade or re-adapted after his death.
6Reporter, sports columnist, and popular short story writer.
7Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 2002.
8Orignial last name "Runyan" was changed to "Runyon" by a careless copy editor at the paper where Damon worked; Runyon decided to keep the new spelling.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Three Wise Guys2005TV Movie story "Three Wise Guys" - special recognition
Broadway Stories1994TV Series story - 5 episodes
Qi ji19891933 screenplay "Lady for a Day"
Bloodhounds of Broadway1989short stories
Little Miss Marker1980story
Butch Minds the Baby1979Short story
Arm, aber ehrlich1964Short story
40 Pounds of Trouble1962story "Little Miss Marker" - uncredited
Pocketful of Miracles1961story
Butch passt aufs Baby auf1961TV Movie play
Guys and Dolls1955from a story
Damon Runyon Theater1955TV Series story - 3 episodes
Money from Home1953story
Stop, You're Killing Me1952play "A Slight Case of Murder"
Bloodhounds of Broadway1952
The Lemon Drop Kid1951story
Suspense1950TV Series story - 1 episode
Johnny One-Eye1950story
Sorrowful Jones1949adapted from a story by
It Ain't Hay1943story "Princess O'Hara"
The Big Street1942from the Collier's Magazine story "Little Pinks"
The Pride of the Yankees1942prologue
Butch Minds the Baby1942story
At the Stroke of Twelve1941Short story "The Old Doll's House"
Tight Shoes1941story
Just a Cute Kid1940Short from a story by
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President1939story "A Call on the President"
Straight Place and Show1938play "Saratoga Chips" / story "That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie" - uncredited
A Slight Case of Murder1938from a play by
Racing Lady1937based on: "All Scarlet" by
The 3 Wise Guys1936
Professional Soldier1935story
Hold 'Em Yale1935story
Princess O'Hara1935story
George White's 1935 Scandals1935contributing writer - uncredited
No Ransom1934story "The Big Mitten"
The Lemon Drop Kid1934story
Million Dollar Ransom1934story "Ransom... $1, 000, 000"
Midnight Alibi1934story "The Old Doll's House"
Little Miss Marker1934story
A Very Honorable Guy1934by
Lady for a Day1933from the story by

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Madison Sq. Garden1932Damon Runyon - Writer
At the Round Table1930Short
Oh, Baby!1926Man at ringside

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Irish Eyes Are Smiling1944producer
The Big Street1942producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Ed Sullivan Show1953TV SeriesHimself
Daisy Kenyon1947Himself - Cameo appearance (bar in Stork Club) (uncredited)
The Great White Way1924Himself

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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