Don McGuire Biography (1919-1979)

Born February 28, 1919, in Chicago, IL; died April 13, 1979, in Los Angeles,CA. Career: Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Press agent in Chicago and Hollywood; Hearst newspaper chain, Chicago, journalist; screenwriter and novelist, 1952-79. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best writing, screenplay written directly for the screen, 1982, for Tootsie(with Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal).

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, novelist

Birth Details

February 28, 1919

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Death Details

April 13, 1979

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Cowboy, San Antonio, Warner Bros., 1945
• Archie (sailor), Pillow to Post, Warner Bros., 1945
• A.V.G. Groundman, God Is My Co-Pilot, Warner Bros., 1945
• Irish, Pride of the Marines (also known as Forever in Love), Warner Bros., 1945
• Lt. Yates, Too Young to Know, Warner Bros., 1945
• Johnnie, Shadow of a Woman, Warner Bros., 1946
• Johnny O'Connor, The Man I Love, Warner Bros., 1946
• Eddie, Humoresque, Warner Bros., 1946
• Slade, That Way with Woman, Warner Bros., 1947
• Dr. Craig, Possessed, Warner Bros., 1947
• Truck driver, Nora Prentiss, Warner Bros., 1947
• Terry O'Rourke, My Wild Irish Rose, Warner Bros., 1947
• Delaney, Love and Learn, Warner Bros., 1947
• Markus, Whiplash, Warner Bros., 1948
• Stevie, Wallflower, Warner Bros., 1948
• Tommy Tompkins, I Surrender Dear, 1948
• Keenan Wallick, The Fuller Brush Man (also known as That Mad Mr. Jones), Columbia, 1948
• Title role, Congo Bill, Columbia, 1948
• McIntyre, Always Together, Warner Bros., 1948
• Joe Turner, The Threat, RKO, 1949
• Les, the bus guide, Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture, Columbia, 1949
• Steve Arthur, Sideshow, 1950
• Officer Danny Ryan, Armored Car Robbery (also known as ArmouredCar Robbery), RKO, 1950
• Mitchell, Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey, Monogram, 1950
• MacWade Parker, Three Guys Named Mike, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
• Bob Pulsifer, Jr., Double Dynamite (also know as It's Only Money), RKO, 1951
• Fear Strikes Out, Paramount, 1956
• (Uncredited), The Delicate Delinquent, York/Paramount, 1957
• Settler, The Tall Stranger, Allied Artists, 1957
• Film Work
• Associate producer, Meet Danny Wilson, Universal, 1952
• Director, Johnny Concho, United Artists, 1956
• Director and producer, Hear Me Good, Paramount, 1957
• Director, The Delicate Delinquent, York/Paramount, 1957
• Television Work
• Series
• Producer, Hennesey, 1959
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Story writer, Dial 1119 (also known as The Violent Hour), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
• And story writer, Meet Danny Wilson, Universal, 1952
• (With Lou Breslow and Oscar Brodney) Back at the Front (also knownas Willie and Joe Back at the Front), Universal, 1952
• (With Oscar Brodney) Walking My Baby Back Home, Universal, 1953
• Three Ring Circus (also known as 3 Ring Circus and Jerrico, the Wonder Clown), Paramount, 1954
• (With Millard Kaufman) Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1955
• (With Frank Tashlin, Hal Kanter, and Herbert Baker) Artists and Models, Paramount, 1955
• (With David P. Harmon) Johnny Concho, United Artists, 1956
• The Delicate Delinquent, York/Paramount, 1957
• Hear Me Good, Paramount, 1957
• (With Hal Captain) Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (alsoknown as War Games), Cinerama Releasing, 1970
• Story writer (with Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal), Tootsie, Columbia, 1982
• Television Writer
• Miniseries
• From Here to Eternity, NBC, 1979
• Novels
• The Day Television Died, Doubleday (New York), 1966
• 1600 Floogle Street, Holloway House (Los Angeles), 1967

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Contemporary Authors, Volume 167, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1999.

• Kirkus Reviews, July 1, 1966, p. 212.
• Library Journal, August 1, 1966, p. 3769.
• New Yorker, October 27, 1982, pp. 68-72.*
• New York Times Book Review, September 18, 1966, p. 45.