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Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 β 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. The son of the screenwriter Bayard Veiller and the English actress Margaret Wycherly, Anthony Veiller wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964.
He was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to Bayard Veiller and Margaret Wycherly. He moved to Hollywood in 1930.
Veiller was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. In 1937, he co-wrote (with Morrie Ryskind) the screenplay for Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou. This very loose adaptation of the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Veiller was also Oscar-nominated for writing (with uncredited help from John Huston and Richard Brooks) The Killers (1946), an adaptation of the short story by Ernest Hemingway. This seminal example of film noir, which introduced Burt Lancaster to filmgoers, won an Edgar Award as best mystery film of 1946, and in 2008 was enshrined in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Veiller frequently worked with top directors. During the Second World War he worked with Frank Capra on several films in the documentary/propaganda film series collectively titled Why We Fight. In 1946 (the same year as The Killers), Veiller co-wrote The Stranger, directed by and starring Orson Welles. For State of the Union (1948), again directed by Capra, Veiller was credited as co-producer as well as co-writer. Veiller worked with director John Huston on several films: Moulin Rouge (1952), Beat the Devil (1953), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), the film of the Tennessee Williams play that became Veiller's final screen credit.
Veiller died on 27 June 1965 of cancer, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in the St Mary Churchyard, Bepton, Chichester, West Sussex, England as was his mother.
Filmography
all 58
Movies 58
Writer 33
Producer 13
Narrator 5
Screenplay 3
Director 2
self 1
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (2000)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
On the Trail of the Iguana (1964)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Timbuktu (1959)
Monkey on My Back (1957)
Safari (1956)
That Lady (1955)
Beat the Devil (1953)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Red Planet Mars (1952)
Force of Arms (1951)
Fort Worth (1951)
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Dallas (1950)
Chain Lightning (1950)
Backfire (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
State of the Union (1948)
The Killers (1946)
The Stranger (1946)
Here Is Germany (1945)
Adventure (1945)
Two Down and One to Go (1945)
Your Job in Germany (1945)
Why We Fight: The Battle of China (1944)
Attack: The Battle for New Britain (1944)
Tunisian Victory (1944)
Know Your Ally: Britain (1944)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943)
Assignment in Brittany (1943)
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
Prelude to War (1942)
New York Town (1941)
Victory (1940)
The Quarterback (1940)
Moon Over Burma (1940)
Safari (1940)
Typhoon (1940)
Disputed Passage (1939)
Let Us Live (1939)
The Saint in New York (1938)
Radio City Revels (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Winterset (1936)
A Woman Rebels (1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
The Lady Consents (1936)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
Jalna (1935)
Break of Hearts (1935)
Star of Midnight (1935)
Menace (1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
The Witching Hour (1934)
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-06-23
Deathday1965-06-27 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
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FatherBayard Veiller
MotherMargaret Wycherly
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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