Wendell Mayes(1918-1992)

Writer
Producer

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Wendell Mayes was born on 22 July 1918 in Hayti, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Autopsie d'un meurtre (1959), Un justicier dans la ville (1974) and L'aventure du Poséidon (1972). He died on 28 March 1992 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Known for

James Stewart and Lee Remick in Autopsie d'un meurtre (1959)

Autopsie d'un meurtre

8.0

Writer

1959

Charles Bronson in Un justicier dans la ville (1974)

Un justicier dans la ville

6.9

Writer

1974

Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in L'aventure du Poséidon (1972)

L'aventure du Poséidon

7.1

Writer

1972

Bruce Willis in Death Wish (2018)

6.3

Writer

2018

Credits

Writer

Death Wish
6.3
- based on the 1974 motion picture by
- 2018
Enquête dangereuse
5.3
TV Movie
- teleplay (as Wendall Mayes)
- 1992
Savage in the Orient
7.0
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1983
Monsignore
5.1
- screenplay
- 1982
Avec les compliments de Charlie
5.6
- story
- writer
- 1979
Le Merdier
6.6
- writer
- 1978
The Bank Shot
5.4
- screenplay by
- 1974
Un justicier dans la ville
6.9
- screenplay by
- 1974
L'aventure du Poséidon
7.1
- screenplay
- 1972
La poursuite sauvage
6.1
- screenplay
- 1972
L'homme sauvage
6.6
- adaptation by
- 1968
Hôtel Saint-Gregory
6.6
- written for the screen by
- 1967
L'express du colonel von Ryan
7.1
- screenplay
- 1965
Première victoire
7.3
- screenplay
- 1965
Tempête à Washington
7.7
- screenplay
- 1962

Producer

Personal details

Alternative name
- Wendall Mayes
Born
- July 22, 1918
- Hayti, Missouri, USA
Died
- March 28, 1992
- Santa Monica, California, USA(cancer)

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Trivia
Wendell Mayes started out as an actor. He began writing to provide a part for himself as an actor. An episode he wrote for the Kraft Television Theatre (1953) got such a good review in a Los Angeles newspaper, that Billy Wilder hired him to work on the script of L'odyssée de Charles Lindbergh (1957). He went on to have a very successful writing career.

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