Richard Maibaum Biography (1909-4(?))

Born May 26, 1909, in New York, NY; died of heart failure, January 4, 1991, in Santa Monica, CA; son of Jerome (an electrical engineer) and Claire (Friedman) Maibaum; married Sylvia Kamion (a teacher and musician), 1935; children:Matthew, Paul.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: May 26, 1909; New York, New York, United States
Death Details: January 4, 1991; Santa Monica, California, United States

Famous Works

Credits; Film Work; Producer
O.S.S., Paramount, 1946.
The Sainted Sisters, Paramount, 1948.
The Big Clock, Paramount, 1948.
Song of Surrender, Paramount, 1949.
The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1949.
Dear Wife, Paramount, 1949.
Bride of Vengeance, Paramount, 1949.
No Man of Her Own, Paramount, 1950.
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (also known as After Midnight), Paramount, 1950.
The Battle at Bloody Beach, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
Credits; Television Work; Producer
Jarrett (movie), NBC, 1973.
Credits; Stage Appearances
Performed with the New York Shakespearean Repertory Company, New York City, 1933.
Writings;Screenplays
(With Maurice Rapf) We Went to College (also known as The Old School Tie), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1936.
(With Cyril Hume and Maurice Rapf) They Gave Him a Gun, MGM, 1937.
(With Charles Brackett and Cyril Hume) Live, Love and Learn, MGM, 1937.
(With Leonard Praskins) Stablemates, MGM, 1938.
(With Cyril Hume) The Bad Man of Brimstone, MGM, 1938.
(With Gertrude Purcell) The Lady and the Mob, Columbia, 1939.
(With Albert Duffy and Harry Segall) Coast Guard, Columbia, 1939.
(With Dwight Taylor and Sy Bartlett) The Amazing Mr. Williams, Columbia,1939.
(With Cyril Hume and Edward E. Paramore) 20 Mule Team, MGM, 1940.
(With Harry Ruskin) The Ghost Comes Home, MGM, 1940.
(With Beirne Lay, Jr. and Sig Herzi) I Wanted Wings, Paramount, 1941.

(With George Seaton) Ten Gentlemen from West Point, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
O.S.S., Paramount, 1946.
Song of Surrender, Paramount, 1949.
(With Cyril Hume) The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1949.
(With Frank S. Nugent and Sy Bartlett) Paratrooper (also known as The RedBeret), Columbia, 1954.
(With Alec Coppel and Max Trell) Hell below Zero, Columbia, 1954.
(With Bryan Forbes) The Cockleshell Heroes, Columbia, 1955.
Zarak, Columbia, 1956.
(With Cyril Hume) Ransom, MGM, 1956.
(With Cyril Hume) Bigger than Life, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
(With Terence Young) No Time to Die, Columbia, 1958.
(With John Gilling and David Shaw) The Man Inside, Columbia, 1958.
(With John Gilling, Earl Felton, and Cyril Hume) Killers of Kilimanjaro,Columbia, 1960.
(With Howard Clewes) The Day They Robbed the Bank of England, MGM, 1960.
(With Willard Willingham) The Battle at Bloody Beach (based on a story byMaibaum), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
(With Johanna Harwood and Berkely Mather) Dr. No, United Artists (UA), 1962.
(With Johanna Harwood) From Russia with Love, UA, 1963.
(With Paul Dehn) Goldfinger, UA, 1964.
(With John Hopkins) Thunderball, UA, 1965.
(With Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, UA, 1968.
(With Simon Raven) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, UA, 1969.
(With Tom Mankiewicz) Diamonds Are Forever, UA, 1971.
(With Tom Mankiewicz) The Man with the Golden Gun, UA, 1974.
(With Christopher Wood) The Spy Who Loved Me, UA, 1977.
(With Michael G. Wilson) For Your Eyes Only, MGM/UA, 1981.
(With Michael G. Wilson and George MacDonald Fraser) Octopussy, MGM/UA, 1983.
(With Michael G. Wilson) A View to a Kill, MGM/UA, 1985.
(With Michael G. Wilson) The Living Daylights, MGM/UA, 1987.
(With Michael G. Wilson) Licence to Kill, MGM/UA, 1989.
Also wrote (with Terence Young) Tank Force, 1958.
Writings; Stage Plays
Wrote The Tree, New York City, 1932; Birthright, New York City, 1933; Addie Sails Away, 1934; Tirade, 1934; (with Michael Wallace and George Haight) Sweet Mystery of Life, New York City, 1935;A Moral Entertainment, 1936; (withHarry Clork) See My Lawyer, New York City, 1939; Middletown Mural, 1941; TheParadise Question, 1954; Ransom, 1963.
Writings; Television Movies
(With Cyril Hume) "Fearful Decision," U.S. Steel Hour, 1955.
Jarrett, NBC, 1973.
Also wrote S*H*E, 1980.
Writings; Other Writings
Author of story adapted into film, The Bandit of Zhobe, released by Columbia, 1959; contributor to periodicals such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and Playboy.
Other Works
Adaptations: Sweet Mystery of Life was adapted by Warren Duff for the film, Gold Diggers of 1937, released by Warner Bros., 1936; See My Lawyer was adapted into film, released by Universal, 1945.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

New York Times, January 9, 1991.
Variety, January 14, 1991, p. 126.

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