About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1908-05-27
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Frank S. Nugent

Overview

Frank Stanley Nugent (May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and film reviewer. He wrote 21 film scripts, 11 for director John Ford. He wrote almost a thousand reviews for The New York Times before leaving journalism for Hollywood. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1953 and twice won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. The Writers Guild of America, West ranks his screenplay for The Searchers (1956) among the top 101 screenplays of all time.

Known for

Writing
1971 Mean Justice Writing Writer 59
Average
1966 Incident at Phantom Hill Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1963 Donovan's Reef Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1961 Two Rode Together Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1959 North West Frontier Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1958 The Last Hurrah Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1958 Gunman's Walk Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 The Rising of the Moon Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 The Searchers Writing Screenplay 72
Good
1955 Rookie of the Year Writing Writer 58
Average
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse: Rookie of the Year Writing Writer 60
Fair
1955 The Tall Men Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1955 Mister Roberts Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1954 They Rode West Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 Trouble in the Glen Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 The Red Beret Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 Angel Face Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1952 The Quiet Man Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1950 Two Flags West Writing Story 59
Average
1950 Wagon Master Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1949 Tulsa Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1948 3 Godfathers Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1948 Fort Apache Writing Screenplay 63
Fair