About

Known credits:
84
Birthday:
1882-04-01
Place of birth:
Ionia, Iowa
Website:
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Jack Cunningham

Overview

Date of Death 4 October1941, Santa Monica, California  (cerebral hemorrhage)

One the more prolific and fast working screenwriters in Hollywood. He once completed ten five-reel films in ten-weeks. Between 1918 and 1925 he turned out one hundred full-length films.

Had been the editor of The Pittsburgh Leader and The New York Evening Sun.

Was working for the publicity department of an Eastern US film company when he decided to try his hand at scenario writing. His father, Maurice Frederick Cunningham (c.1861-1937), was a building contractor who had built many of the Hollywood studios constructed in the early 1920s.

Never recovered from a stroke he suffered while working on the film Union Pacific (1939).

Known for

Directing
1922 A Trip to Paramountown Directing Director 58
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Writing
1939 Union Pacific Writing Adaptation 59
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1938 Painted Desert Writing Story 59
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1938 Professor Beware Writing Writer 59
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1935 Mississippi Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 It's a Gift Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Wagon Wheels Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 The Old-Fashioned Way Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Double Door Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 The Last Round-up Writing Writer N/A
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1933 To the Last Man Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Man of the Forest Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Sunset Pass Writing Adaptation 59
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1933 Under the Tonto Rim Writing Adaptation N/A
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1933 Silent Men Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1933 Silent Men Writing Screenplay N/A
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1933 The Thundering Herd Writing Adaptation 58
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1933 Terror Trail Writing Adaptation N/A
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1932 Flaming Guns Writing Writer 59
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1932 The Fourth Horseman Writing Adaptation N/A
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1932 The Fourth Horseman Writing Screenplay N/A
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1932 The Texas Bad Man Writing Story 58
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1932 The Texas Bad Man Writing Screenplay 58
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1932 The Rider of Death Valley Writing Writer 59
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1931 The Guilty Generation Writing Dialogue 59
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1931 The Guilty Generation Writing Adaptation 59
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1931 Shanghaied Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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1931 Clearing the Range Writing Story 58
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1928 The Viking Writing Screenplay 59
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1928 The Adventurer Writing Writer N/A
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1927 Captain Salvation Writing Writer 59
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1926 The Black Pirate Writing Screenplay 59
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1926 The Black Pirate Writing Adaptation 59
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1926 Rocking Moon Writing Adaptation N/A
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1925 Don Q Son of Zorro Writing Writer 59
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1924 The Man Who Fights Alone Writing Writer N/A
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1923 The Light That Failed Writing Adaptation N/A
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1923 The Light That Failed Writing Screenplay N/A
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1923 Homeward Bound Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1923 Homeward Bound Writing Screenplay N/A
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1923 A Gentleman of Leisure Writing Writer N/A
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1923 The Heart Raider Writing Adaptation N/A
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1923 The Heart Raider Writing Screenplay N/A
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1923 The Tiger's Claw Writing Screenplay N/A
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1923 The Tiger's Claw Writing Story N/A
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1923 The Covered Wagon Writing Screenplay 59
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1923 The Covered Wagon Writing Adaptation 59
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1922 A Trip to Paramountown Writing Writer 58
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1922 Beyond the Rocks Writing Screenplay 59
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1921 The Call of the North Writing Writer N/A
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1921 The Rowdy Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1921 Where Lights Are Low Writing Writer 58
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1921 Double Adventure Writing Writer N/A
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1920 The Devil to Pay Writing Writer N/A
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1920 The Tiger's Coat Writing Screenplay 58
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1920 The House of Whispers Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1920 The Green Flame Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1920 The Adventures of Daredevil Jack Writing Story N/A
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1920 The Dream Cheater Writing Screenplay N/A
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1919 It Happened in Paris Writing Writer 58
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1919 The World Aflame Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1919 Playthings of Passion Writing Screenplay N/A
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1919 Playthings of Passion Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1919 All Wrong Writing Writer 58
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1919 The Silver Girl Writing Screenplay N/A
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1919 Todd of the Times Writing Story N/A
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1919 Todd of the Times Writing Screenplay N/A
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1919 Adele Writing Writer N/A
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1919 The Midnight Stage Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 The Narrow Path Writing Writer N/A
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1918 The Goddess of Lost Lake Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1918 The Goddess of Lost Lake Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 Border Raiders Writing Story N/A
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1918 The Heart of Rachael Writing Writer N/A
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1918 The Bells Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 A Law Unto Herself Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 A Law Unto Herself Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1918 Hands Up Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 Hands Up Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1918 Limousine Life Writing Writer N/A
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1917 A Stormy Knight Writing Story N/A
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1917 The Wrong Man Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1914 In the Fall of '64 Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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Production
1936 Easy to Take Production Producer N/A
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