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Dalton Trumbo
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Died aged 70
Also known asRobert Cole, Jack Davis, Robert Rich, Ben L. PerryGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn09/12/1905Born inMontrose, Colorado, USADied10/09/1976 (aged 70)Died inLos AngelesCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ350666 ↗TMDb#11993 ↗

James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.

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Filmography9 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSeriesSelf - Screenwriter (archive footage)119
2021The Real Charlie ChaplinMovieSelf (archive footage)116
2015Imminent ThreatMovieSelf (archive footage)110
2000Buñuel in HollywoodMovieSelf (archive footage)95
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesMovieSelf (archive footage)90
1973PapillonMovieCommandant (uncredited)68
1971Johnny Got His GunMovieOrator66
1951The ProwlerMovieJohn Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)46
1950The Hollywood TenMovieSelf45