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Frank S. Nugent

Frank S. Nugent

Writing
1908(USA)-1965
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.

Participates in

  • Angel Face
  • The Quiet Man
  • The Searchers
  • Two Rode Together
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  • 3 Godfathers
  • Donovan's Reef
  • Gunman's Walk
  • The Tall Men
  • Wagon Master
  • Fort Apache
  • Mister Roberts
  • The Last Hurrah
  • They Rode West
  • Incident at Phantom Hill
  • The Rising of the Moon
  • North West Frontier
  • The Red Beret
  • Tulsa
  • Trouble in the Glen
  • Two Flags West
  • Mean Justice