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

Books:

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

Periodicals:

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.

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