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Ring Lardner, Jr. Biography (1915-2000)

Full name, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, Jr.; born August 19, 1915, in Chicago, IL; son of Ring W., Sr., (a writer and humorist) and Ellis (Abbott) Lardner; married Silvia Schulman, February 19, 1937 (divorced, 1945); married Frances Chaney (an actress), September 28, 1946; children: Peter, Ann, Katharine, Joseph, James. Addresses: AGENT--Jim Preminger Agency, 1650 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 19, 1915

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Death Details

October 31, 2000

New York, New York

Famous Works

• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• (With Ian McLellan Hunter and Harvey Gates) Meet Dr. Christian, RKO, 1939.
• (with Hunter) The Courageous Dr. Christian, RKO, 1940.
• (with Michael Kanin) Woman of the Year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1942.
• (with Kanin, Alexander Esway, and Robert Andrews) The Cross of Lorraine,MGM, 1944.
• (with Leopold Atlas) Tomorrow the World, United Artists, 1944.
• (with Albert Maltz) Cloak and Dagger, Warner Brothers, 1946.
• (with Philip Dunne) Forever Amber, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1947.
• The Forbidden Street, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949.
• Four Days Leave, Film Classics, 1950.
• (as Philip Rush; with Hunter and Pat Jackson) Virgin Island, 1959.
• (with Terry Southern) The Cincinnati Kid, MGM, 1965.
• M*A*S*H, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970.
• The Greatest, Columbia, 1977.
• Writings;TELEPLAYS; SERIES
• Sir Lancelot, BBC.
• The Adventures of Robin Hood, BBC.
• Writings;FICTION
• The Ecstasy of Owen Muir, Cape, London, 1954, Cameron and Kahn, New York,1954.
• All for Love, Watt, 1985.
• Writings;NONFICTION
• The Lardners: My Family Remembered (autobiography), Harper and Row, 1976.