James Edward Grant
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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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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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Known for
Angel and the Badman
Special Delivery
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Hostile Guns
Circus World
McLintock!
Donovan's Reef
The Comancheros
The Alamo
The Proud Rebel
The Sheepman
Three Violent People
The Last Wagon
Ring of Fear
Hondo
Big Jim McLain
Flying Leathernecks
Two of a Kind
Bullfighter and the Lady
California Passage
Surrender
Rock Island Trail
Father Is a Bachelor
Sands of Iwo Jima
Johnny Allegro
The Plunderers
Angel and the Badman
The Great John L.
Belle of the Yukon
Gambler's Choice
The Lady Is Willing
Johnny Eager
They Dare Not Love
Boom Town
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Music in My Heart
Hollywood Cavalcade
Miracles for Sale
There's That Woman Again
We're Going to Be Rich
Josette
Danger – Love at Work
The Women Men Marry
She's No Lady
She Had to Eat
Great Guy
Grand Jury
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Big Brown Eyes
Muss 'em Up
Whipsaw