Biography
Owen Gould Davis (January 29, 1874 β October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist known for writing more than 200 plays and having most produced. In 1919, he became the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Icebound, His plays and scripts included works for radio and film.
Before the First World War, he wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the Police Gazette under the name of Ike Swift. Many of these were set in the Tenderloin, Manhattan. Davis also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Martin Hurley, Arthur J. Lamb, Walter Lawrence, John Oliver, and Robert Wayne.
Filmography
all 49
Movies 49
Writer 43
Producer 1
Director 1
Producer
Julius Caesar (1950)
Movie
Characters
Up in Arms (1944)
Movie
Theatre Play
Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
Movie
Writer
Jezebel (1938)
Movie
3.5
Writer
The Lash (1934)
Movie
Writer
My Sin (1931)
Movie
Writer
Whoopee! (1930)
Movie
7.33
Theatre Play
Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)
Movie
Writer
Cabaret (1927)
Movie
Writer
Lazybones (1925)
Movie
6
Theatre Play
Icebound (1924)
Movie
Director
The Simp (1920)
Movie
Writer
Sinners (1920)
Movie
Writer
Lola (1914)
Movie
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1874-01-29
Deathday1956-10-14 (82 years old)
Birth NameOwen Gould Davis
Birth PlacePortland, Maine, USA
ChildrenOwen Davis, Jr.
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsOwen Davis Sr., Martin Hurley, Walter Lawrence, Arthur J. Lamb, Robert Wayne, John Oliver
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Drama
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