Frank S. Nugent
Known for writing · Born 27 May 1908 · Died 30 December 1965 · aged 57 · New York City, New York, USA
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Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.
Known for
The Searchers
1956
The Quiet Man
1952
Fort Apache
1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
3 Godfathers
1948
Angel Face
1953
Mister Roberts
1955
Wagon Master
1950
Donovan's Reef
1963
Two Rode Together
1961
The Tall Men
1955
The Last Hurrah
1958