John Howard Lawson

John Howard Lawson

male, deceased (1977)
Williams College, American Field Service, Broadway theatre, Spanish Civil War, The International, Writers' Guild of America…Hollywood blacklist
John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 - August 11, 1977) was an American writer, and head of the Hollywood division of the American Communist...
Ian McLellan Hunter

Ian McLellan Hunter

male, deceased (1991)
Hollywood blacklist, Footlight Fever, Tim Hunter, Ring Lardner, Jr., Broadway, The Amazing Mr. X
English screenwriter Ian McLellan Hunter is best known for a film that he did not actually write. In 1953, he agreed to front for the blacklisted...
Larry Adler

Larry Adler

male, deceased (2001)
British American, musician, harmonica, American, Jewish person, American harmonica player…Hollywood blacklist
Lawrence "Larry" Cecil Adler, (10 February 1914 - 7 August 2001), was an American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled...
Nedrick Young

Nedrick Young

male, deceased (1968)
death by myocardial infarction, myocardial infarction, American, heart attack, jailhouse rock, death from cardiovascular disease…Hollywood blacklist
Nedrick Young was a screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950's and 1960's. He is credited with writing the screenplay for "Jailhouse Rock" in...
Eric Johnston

Eric Johnston

male, deceased (1963)
Eric Allen Johnston, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Person, Cold War, American, University of Washington alumni…Hollywood blacklist
Eric Allen Johnston was president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a motion picture association executive and U.S. government administrator.
Allen Boretz

Allen Boretz

male, deceased (1985)
Songwriter, Hollywood blacklist, Playwright, room service, Broadway, copacabana
Allen Boretz (1900-1985), was an American songwriter, playwright and screenwriter. The great success of his and John Murray's Broadway hit "Room...
Phoebe Brand

Phoebe Brand

female, deceased (2004)
from New York, death by pneumonia, stage actor, American, blacklisted, Hollywood blacklist
Phoebe Brand was an American actress, who was blacklisted along with her husband, Morris Carnovsky, in the 1950s. She was born on in upstate New...
John Stephens Wood

John Stephens Wood

male, deceased (1968)
Mercer University alumni, Georgia state court judge, Hollywood blacklist, democratic party, Member of the Georgia House of Representatives, american communist party
John Stephens Wood (February 8, 1885 - September 12, 1968) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the United...
Samuel Ornitz

Samuel Ornitz

male, deceased (1957)
Hollywood blacklist, from New York City, writer, Jewish American, motion picture, Jewish person
Samuel Ornitz was an American screenwriter who was one of the "Hollywood Ten" who were blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the...
Albert Warner

Albert Warner

male, deceased (1967)
American film studio executive, American, Polish-American, east coast, polish, movie mogul…Hollywood blacklist
Albert Warner was one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios. The other Warner brothers were Harry Warner (1881–1958), Sam Warner (1887–1927), and...