Frank D. Gilroy

Frank D. Gilroy

Infobox actor
name = Frank D. Gilroy


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birthname = Frank Daniel Gilroy
birthdate = October 13, 1925
birthplace = New York City

Frank Daniel Gilroy (born October 13, 1925) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director whose play "The Subject Was Roses" won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. His play "Contact with the Enemy" was nominated for the 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play.

Biography

Personal life

Gilroy was born in New York City, the son of Bettina (née Vasti) and Frank B. Gilroy, who was a coffee broker. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Frank-D-Gilroy.html Frank D. Gilroy Biography (1925-) ] ] Gilroy's three sons, from his marriage to sculptor/writer Ruth Dorothy Gaydos, are involved in the film industry. Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy are screenwriters, and John Gilroy is a film editor.

Career

Gilroy's works include screenplays for the films "Desperate Characters" (starring Shirley MacLaine) and "The Gallant Hours" (starring James Cagney). He has also adapted his own plays for film, including "The Subject Was Roses" (starring Patricia Neal, Martin Sheen and Jack Albertson) and "The Only Game in Town" (starring Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty).

Gilroy has also written fiction, including the novel "From Noon Till Three", which was adapted into a film starring Charles Bronson. In addition to writing the screenplay, Gilroy also directed the film. Gilroy also contributed to several TV westerns in the late 1950s, including "Have Gun - Will Travel" and "". His later credits include a 1977 adaptation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novel "The Doorbell Rang" as a television movie featuring Thayer David.

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0319663|name=Frank D. Gilroy
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=5594 Frank D. Gilroy at the Internet Broadway Database]


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