Biography

Robert Chapin(1907-1987)

Writer

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Robert Chapin was born on 1 May 1907 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer, known for Bowery Boy (1940), Isle of Missing Men (1942) and Borrowing Trouble (1937). He died on 15 December 1987 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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Known for

Dennis O'Keefe in Bowery Boy (1940)

7.1

Writer

1940

Helen Gilbert, John Howard, Alan Mowbray, and Gilbert Roland in Isle of Missing Men (1942)

Isle of Missing Men

5.5

Writer

1942

Spring Byington, George Ernest, Russell Gleason, Kenneth Howell, Cy Kendall, and Jed Prouty in Borrowing Trouble (1937)

Borrowing Trouble

6.4

Writer

1937

Spring Byington, Russell Gleason, Joan Marsh, Jed Prouty, and Florence Roberts in Hot Water (1937)

5.1

Writer

1937

Credits

Writer

Are You Popular?
3.5
Short
- writer (uncredited)
- 1947
G.I. Honeymoon
5.6
- story
- 1945
Isle of Missing Men
5.5
- adaptation by
- screenplay by
- 1942
Prisoner of Japan
4.6
- screenplay
- 1942
Bowery Boy
7.1
- screenplay
- 1940
Babies for Sale
6.0
- story
- 1940
Little Orvie
5.7
- screen play by
- 1940
Blondie Brings Up Baby
6.8
- story
- 1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation
6.8
- story
- 1939
Everybody's Baby
6.7
- screenplay
- 1939
Always in Trouble
5.2
- screenplay
- 1938
Passport Husband
7.0
- screenplay
- 1938
Safety in Numbers
6.1
- screenplay
- 1938
Walking Down Broadway
5.9
- screenplay
- 1938
Borrowing Trouble
6.4
- screenplay
- story
- 1937

Personal details

Born
- May 1, 1907
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died
- December 15, 1987
- Los Angeles County, California, USA
Other works
Playwright: "G.I. Honeymoon" (filmed as G.I. Honeymoon (1945)).

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