James Edward Grant Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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.
A notoriously heavy drinker for many years, he eventually became a prominent figure in the Los Angeles branch of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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When John Wayne insisted that Grant be brought in to rewrite the script to Circus World (1964), director Frank Capra, who wanted to use his own script, quit the film.
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Close friend of and frequent film collaborator with John Wayne.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Angel and the Bad Man
2009
TV Movie story
Special Delivery
1976
written by
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
written by
Hondo
1967
TV Series earlier screenplay - 17 episodes
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
TV Movie earlier screenplay
Hostile Guns
1967
story
Circus World
1964
screenplay
McLintock!
1963
original screenplay
Donovan's Reef
1963
screenplay
Maceralar krali
1963
story "Johnny Eager" - uncredited
The Comancheros
1961
screenplay
The Alamo
1960
original screenplay
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
uncredited
The Proud Rebel
1958
story "Journal of Linnett Moore"
The Sheepman
1958
screenplay / story
M Squad
1958
TV Series story - 1 episode
Three Violent People
1956
screenplay
The Last Wagon
1956
screenplay
Ring of Fear
1954
original screenplay
Hondo
1953
screenplay
Trouble Along the Way
1953
uncredited
Big Jim McLain
1952
written by
Flying Leathernecks
1951
screenplay
Two of a Kind
1951
from a story by
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
screenplay
California Passage
1950
written by
Surrender
1950
screenplay / story
Rock Island Trail
1950
screenplay
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
screenplay / story
Sands of Iwo Jima
1949
screenplay
Johnny Allegro
1949
story
The Plunderers
1948
story
Angel and the Badman
1947
written by
Incendiary Blonde
1945
contributing writer - uncredited
The Great John L.
1945
original screenplay
Belle of the Yukon
1944
screenplay
Gambler's Choice
1944
original story
The Lady Is Willing
1942
screenplay / story
Johnny Eager
1941
based on an original story by / screen play
Honky Tonk
1941
uncredited
They Dare Not Love
1941
story
Boom Town
1940
based on a story by
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
story "Trouble in B-flat"
Music in My Heart
1940
original story / screen play
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
dialogue contibutor - uncredited
Miracles for Sale
1939
screen play
There's That Woman Again
1938
screenplay
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
story
Josette
1938
screenplay
Danger - Love at Work
1937
screenplay / story
The Women Men Marry
1937
screen play
She's No Lady
1937
based on a story by
She Had to Eat
1937
story
Great Guy
1936
story "The Johnnie Cave Stories"
Grand Jury
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
story by
Big Brown Eyes
1936
story "Hahsit Babe"
Muss 'em Up
1936
novel "The Green Shadow"
Whipsaw
1935
from the story by
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ring of Fear
1954
Angel and the Badman
1947
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Alamo
1960
associate producer
The Great John L.
1945
producer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1962
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Theatrical Motion Picture
The Comancheros (1961)
1961
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Theatrical Motion Picture
The Alamo (1960)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1959
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen