Ring Lardner, Jr.

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Writing

Birthday

1915/08/19

Day of death

2000/10/31 (85 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also know as

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s. Ring Lardner Jr. moved to Hollywood where he worked as a publicist and "script doctor" before writing his own material. This included Woman of the Year, a film that won him an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1942. He also worked on th...Read more

Acting
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
6.5

(1990) Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

as Self

6.0

(2000) Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

as Self

Red Hollywood
6.1

(1996) Red Hollywood

as Self

The Hollywood Ten
6.6

(1950) The Hollywood Ten

as Self

The Majestic
6.8

(2001) The Majestic

as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Altman on His Own Terms
0.0

(2000) Altman on His Own Terms

as Self