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James Edward Grant (July 2, 1905 - February 19, 1966) was an American short story writer and screenwriter who contributed to more than fifty films between 1935 and 1971.
Born in Chicago, Grant began his career in the mid-1930s developing stories or writing scripts for mostly B movies. He collaborated with John Wayne on twelve projects, starting with Angel and the Badman (which he also directed) in 1947 through Circus World in 1964. Support Your Local Gunfighter was released in 1971, five years after his death.
Grant won the Bronze Wrangler, an annual award presented by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, twice, for The Alamo in 1961 and The Comancheros the following year. He and William Bowers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Sheepman in 1959.
Grant wrote numerous short stories that were published in Argosy, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and Liberty, among others.
Grant died from cancer in Burbank, California. He owned a cattle ranch in Winton in Merced County from the 1940s until his death.
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Filmography
all 58
Movies 58
Writer 53
Director 2
Producer 1
Screenplay 1
Hideouser and Hideouser (2019)
Angel and the Badman (2009)
Special Delivery (1976)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Hondo and the Apaches (1967)
Hostile Guns (1967)
Circus World (1964)
Maceralar Kralı (1963)
McLintock! (1963)
Donovan's Reef (1963)
The Comancheros (1961)
The Alamo (1960)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Sheepman (1958)
Three Violent People (1956)
The Last Wagon (1956)
Ring of Fear (1954)
Hondo (1953)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Big Jim McLain (1952)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Two of a Kind (1951)
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
California Passage (1950)
Surrender (1950)
Rock Island Trail (1950)
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)
Johnny Allegro (1949)
The Plunderers (1948)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
The Great John L. (1945)
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
Gambler's Choice (1944)
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Honky Tonk (1941)
They Dare Not Love (1941)
Boom Town (1940)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Music in My Heart (1940)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Miracles for Sale (1939)
There's That Woman Again (1938)
We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
Josette (1938)
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
The Women Men Marry (1937)
She's No Lady (1937)
She Had to Eat (1937)
Great Guy (1936)
Grand Jury (1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Muss 'em Up (1936)
Whipsaw (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1905-07-02
Deathday1966-02-19 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceIllinois, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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