Person
John Paxton
Writing · 1911–1985 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Biography
John Paxton (May 21, 1911 – January 5, 1985) was an American screenwriter. Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial film The Wild One in 1953, starring Marlon Brando.
Known for
On the Beach
Screenplay
Fourteen Hours
Screenplay
On the Beach
Screenplay
The Wild One
Screenplay
General Electric Theater
Writer
On the Beach
Screenplay
Murder, My Sweet
Screenplay
Crossfire
Screenplay
My Pal, Wolf
Writer
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali
Creator
Filmography
- 2000On the BeachScreenplay
- 2000On the BeachScreenplay
- 1977I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad AliCreator
- 1972The Great Man's WhiskersWriter
- 1971KotchScreenplay
- 1960AftermathWriter
- 1959On the BeachScreenplay
- 1957How to Murder a Rich UncleScreenplay
- 1957InterpolScreenplay
- 1955A Prize of GoldScreenplay
- 1955The CobwebScreenplay
- 1953The Wild OneScreenplay
- 1953General Electric TheaterWriter
- 1951Fourteen HoursScreenplay
- 1951Of Men and MusicWriter
- 1949Rope of SandAdditional Dialogue
- 1947CrossfireScreenplay
- 1947So Well RememberedScreenplay
- 1946Crack-UpScreenplay
- 1945CorneredScreenplay
- 1944Murder, My SweetScreenplay
- 1944My Pal, WolfWriter
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