Biography
Paul Perez (born Paul Friedenberg) was an American screenwriter active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s; he wrote for both English- and Spanish-language films over the course of his career, and often worked on Westerns. He also had several credits as an actor and editor. Paul was born in New York City to art dealer Robert Fridenberg and his wife, Mariam Barnett. He grew up in Manhattan near his extended family of German extraction; as a boy, he accidentally shot a nurse who was attending to his mother in their home while playing with his uncle's gun.He married England-born actress Molly O'Sullivan in the early 1920s; the pair had one son, Paul Powers Perez. While living in New York City and London, after appearing in a few acting roles and working as a newspaperman, he worked in the publicity department at Universal. By the late 1920s, the family had moved to Los Angeles; by 1926, Perez was employed at Universal as a scenarist, where he was known for writing titles. He later worked as a screenwriter at First National.Perez was more or less retired by the early 1950s, when he moved to Oaxaca, Mexico, and pursued his passion for photography. He reportedly traveled extensively through southern Mexico, where her purchased masks and other artifacts at local markets.
Filmography
all 62
Movies 61
Writer 60
TV Shows 1
Screenplay 1
Documentary: The Series (2004)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Missing Guest (1938)
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
One Man Justice (1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937)
Paradise Express (1937)
Once a Doctor (1937)
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Easy Money (1936)
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
August Week End (1936)
Ring Around the Moon (1936)
East of Java (1935)
I Give My Heart (1935)
Piernas de Seda (1935)
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
The Great Defender (1934)
No dejes la puerta abierta (1933)
Smoky (1933)
Una viuda romántica (1933)
The Last Trail (1933)
One Year Later (1933)
It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
El rey de los Gitanos (1933)
Hotel Continental (1932)
You have to marry the prince (1931)
Their Mad Moment (1931)
Goldie (1931)
Kiss Me Again (1931)
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
The Great Divide (1929)
The Man and the Moment (1929)
Broadway Babies (1929)
The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)
Careers (1929)
Prisoners (1929)
The Squall (1929)
Love and the Devil (1929)
Saturday's Children (1929)
Why Be Good? (1929)
Weary River (1929)
Calling Hubby's Bluff (1929)
His Captive Woman (1929)
Broadway Fever (1929)
The Floating College (1928)
The Bargain Hunt (1928)
Captain Swagger (1928)
The Campus Carmen (1928)
The Burglar (1928)
The Wright Idea (1928)
The Girl from Nowhere (1928)
Chinatown Charlie (1928)
The Swim Princess (1928)
Children of the Ritz (1928)
The Best Man (1928)
Run, Girl, Run (1928)
Flying Luck (1927)
Blondes by Choice (1927)
The Demi-Bride (1927)
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GenderMale
Birthday1894-07-18
Deathday1984-03-13 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
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