Wendell Mayes Net Worth

Wendell Mayes Net Worth is
$1.1 Million

Wendell Mayes Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Wendell Mayes (July 21, 1919, Hayti, Missouri - March 28, 1992, Santa Monica, California) was a Hollywood screenwriter. His father Von Mayes was a lawyer and his mother Irene (née Haynes) was a teacher.Mayes began as an actor. An episode he wrote for the "Kraft Television Theatre" received a good review in a Los Angeles newspaper and Billy Wilder hired him to work on the script to the film The Spirit of St. Louis. That was his first credit in a successful screenwriting career.For Anatomy of a Murder, Mayes received a New York Film Critics Circle Award for best screenplay in 1959 and an Oscar nomination in 1960. It is claimed to be one of the best trial movies of all time. Mayes died of cancer at the age of 72.His screenwriting credits included:The Spirit of St. Louis (with Billy Wilder and Charles Lederer), Warner Brothers, 1957The Enemy Below, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957The Way to the Gold, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957From Hell to Texas (also known as Manhunt) (with Robert Buckner), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958The Hunters, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958The Hanging Tree (with Halsted Welles), Warner Brothers, 1959Anatomy of a Murder, Columbia, 1959North to Alaska (with John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin, and Claude Binyon), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960Advise and Consent, Columbia, 1962Von Ryan's Express (with Joseph Landon), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965In Harm's Way, Paramount, 1965Hotel, Warner Brothers, 1967The Stalking Moon (with Alvin Sargent), National General Pictures,1968The Revengers, National General Pictures, 1972The Poseidon Adventure (with Stirling Silliphant), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972Death Wish, Paramount, 1974Bank Shot, United Artists, 1974Go Tell the Spartans, Avco Embassy, 1978Love and Bullets (with John Melson), Associated Film Distribution,1979Monsignor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982

Date Of BirthJuly 22, 1918
Died1992-03-28
Place Of BirthHayti, Missouri, USA
ProfessionWriter, Producer
Star SignCancer
#Fact
1Under contract at 20th Century Fox, 1956-58.
2Wendell Mayes started out as an actor. He began writing to provide a part for himself as an actor. An episode he wrote of the Ponds Theater (1953) got such a good review in a Los Angeles paper, that Billy Wilder hired him to work on the script to The Spirit of St. Louis (1957). He went on to have a very successful writing career.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lux Video Theatre1951TV Series adaptation - 1 episode
Criminal Behavior1992TV Movie teleplay - as Wendall Mayes
Savage in the Orient1983TV Movie
Monsignor1982screenplay
Love and Bullets1979story / writer
Go Tell the Spartans1978writer
Cellat1975original screenplay - uncredited
Bank Shot1974
Death Wish1974screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure1972screenplay
The Revengers1972screenplay
The Stalking Moon1968adaptation
Hotel1967written for the screen by
Von Ryan's Express1965screenplay
In Harm's Way1965screenplay
Advise & Consent1962screenplay
Spanische Legende1961TV Movie
North to Alaska1960uncredited
Encounter1960TV Series writer - 1 episode
Anatomy of a Murder1959screenplay
The Hanging Tree1959screenplay
The Hunters1958screenplay
From Hell to Texas1958screenplay
The Enemy Below1957screenplay
The Way to the Gold1957screenplay
The Spirit of St. Louis1957screenplay
Kraft TheatreTV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1956 - 1957 adaptation - 1 episode, 1956
Ponds Theater1955TV Series 1 episode

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hotel1967producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991DocumentaryHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1959NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ScreenplayAnatomy of a Murder (1959)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1979WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Drama Adapted from Another MediumGo Tell the Spartans (1978)
1960OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumAnatomy of a Murder (1959)
1960WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Written American DramaAnatomy of a Murder (1959)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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