John Patrick biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of John Patrick

Author Name:

John Patrick

Born As:

John Patrick Goggan

Other Names:

Born:

17 May 1905

Died:

7 Feb 1995




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Dramatist                          
Selected Works:

Radio:

Adaptations for NBC's Streamlined Shakespeare series, guest-starring Helen Hayes - 1937

Plays:

Hell Freezes Over - 1935
The Willow and I - 1942, starring Martha Scott and Gregory Peck
The Hasty Heart - adapted for the screen in 1949, starring Ronald Reagan, and for TV in 1983
The Curious Savage - 1950
Lo and Behold - 1951

Stage adaptation of Vern J. Sneider's novel The Teahouse of the August Moon - 1953
Adapted the play for the screen in 1956 and for the musical stage, under the title Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen  - 1970

Good as Gold - 1957
A Barrel Full Of Pennies - 1971
Anybody Out There - 1972
The Dancing Mice - 1972
A Bad Year for Tomatoes - 1975
Compulsion - 1975
Divorce - Anyone? - 1975
Confession - 1976
Empathy - 1976
Cheating Cheaters - 1981
Danny And The Deep Blue Sea - 1984
The Chiropodist - 1991
Doctor Will See You Now - 1991

Screenwriter:

Three Coins in the Fountain - 1954
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - 1955
High Society - 1956
Les Girls - 1957, earning him an award from the Writers Guild of America
Some Came Running - 1958
The World of Suzie Wong - 1960
Lo and Behold!
The Shoes of the Fisherman - 1968.
Everybody Loves Opal - 1962
                          
Parents abandoned him and he spent a delinquent youth in foster homes and boarding schools.
Wife Mildred Legaye                          
1953 - The Teahouse of the August Moon
1954 - Pulitzer Prize for drama
1954 - Three Coins in the Fountain
1955 - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1956 - The Teahouse of the August Moon