Samuel Dashiell Hammett Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (/ˈsæmjʊəl dəˈʃiːl ˈhæmət/; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse).In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in The New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on a list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Nationality
American
Spouse
Josephine Dolan
Children
Josephine Hammett, Mary Jane Hammett
Parents
Richard Thomas Hammett, Anne Bond Dashiell, Richard Thomas Hammett, Anne Bond Dashiell
Partner
Lillian Hellman, Lillian Hellman
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Movies
The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Miller's Crossing, The Glass Key, Another Thin Man, After the Thin Man, Satan Met a Lady, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the Thin Man, Woman in the Dark, No Good Deed, Watch on the Rhine, City Streets, The Fat Man, Roadhouse Nights, Secret A...
Director George Lucas tipped his hat to Hammett by naming one of his companies "Black Falcon" after the black bird in "The Maltese Falcon" (also the Star Wars space ship "The Millenium Falcon"). The code name for Star Wars' "Return of the Jedi" was "Blue Harvest", a reference to Hammett's "Red Harvest".
Is the namesake of one of the pre-cogs in Minority Report (2002).
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A former private detective for the Pinkrton Detective Agency, he went on to set the format for hard-boiled literature.
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While not credited, his novel "Red Harvest" was the inspiration for the film Yojimbo (1961), later remade as A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (aka "For A Few Dollars More"), When the Raven Flies (1984) (aka "When the Raven Flies") and Last Man Standing (1996). .
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Buried in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia USA as Samuel D. Hammett.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Good Deed
2002
story
Fallen Angels
1995
TV Series based on the short story by - 1 episode
Miller's Crossing
1990
novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key" - uncredited
Bande
1986
novel "The Glass Key"
Sam Spade jagt den Malteser Falken
1986
Documentary novel "The Maltese Falcon"
When the Raven Flies
1984
novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key" - uncredited
The Wizard of Malta
1981
book "The Maltese Falcon"
La ciudad maldita
1978
novel "Red Harvest"
The Dain Curse
1978
TV Mini-Series based upon the novel by - 1978
Il conto è chiuso
1976
inspired by the book by - uncredited
The Black Bird
1975
characters
The Wide World of Mystery
1975
TV Series characters - 1 episode
The Thin Man
1957-1959
TV Series characters - 72 episodes
Teledrama
1956-1959
TV Series novel - 3 episodes
The Fat Man
1951
characters - uncredited
Studio One in Hollywood
TV Series by - 1 episode, 1949 story - 1 episode, 1949
$1.5 Million
