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Walter Ferris(1882-1965)

  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Walter Ferris was born on 23 April 1882 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for Rencontre avec Joe Black (1998), The Magnificent Fraud (1939) and The Gallant Blade (1948). He was married to Violet Kemble Cooper. He died on 2 September 1965 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
BornApril 23, 1882
DiedSeptember 2, 1965(83)
BornApril 23, 1882
DiedSeptember 2, 1965(83)
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Known for

Brad Pitt in Rencontre avec Joe Black (1998)
Rencontre avec Joe Black
7.2
  • Writer(inspiration)
  • 1998
Mary Boland, Lloyd Nolan, and Akim Tamiroff in The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
The Magnificent Fraud
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1939
Marguerite Chapman and Larry Parks in The Gallant Blade (1948)
The Gallant Blade
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1948
David Niven, George Sanders, Richard Greene, William Henry, C. Aubrey Smith, and Loretta Young in Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
Four Men and a Prayer
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1938

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  • Brad Pitt in Rencontre avec Joe Black (1998)
    Rencontre avec Joe Black
    7.2
    • play adaptation (inspiration)
    • 1998
  • Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
    Death Takes a Holiday
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • adaptation: play "La Morte in vacanza"
    • 1971
  • Matinee Theater (1955)
    Matinee Theater
    6.7
    TV Series
    • translated by
    • 1958
  • Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
    Kraft Television Theatre
    7.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1954
  • Broadway Television Theatre (1952)
    Broadway Television Theatre
    7.2
    TV Series
    • adaptation for television
    • 1952
  • Les fils des mousquetaires (1952)
    Les fils des mousquetaires
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Marguerite Chapman and Larry Parks in The Gallant Blade (1948)
    The Gallant Blade
    5.6
    • screenplay
    • 1948
  • Jean Hersholt, Walter Woolf King, Toscha Seidel, and Fay Wray in Melody for Three (1941)
    Melody for Three
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 1941
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Cedric Hardwicke, and Jimmy Lydon in Tom Brown étudiant (1940)
    Tom Brown étudiant
    6.6
    • adaptation and screenplay
    • 1940
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Edna Best, Tim Holt, Terry Kilburn, Thomas Mitchell, and Bobbie Quillan in Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
    Swiss Family Robinson
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1940
  • Mary Boland, Lloyd Nolan, and Akim Tamiroff in The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
    The Magnificent Fraud
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1939
  • Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple, and Margaret Lockwood in Susannah (1939)
    Susannah
    6.4
    • story
    • 1939
  • Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Beryl Mercer, and Arthur Treacher in Petite princesse (1939)
    Petite princesse
    7.1
    • screen play
    • 1939
  • Barreaux blancs (1938)
    Barreaux blancs
    6.7
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Warner Baxter, and Arleen Whelan in Le proscrit (1938)
    Le proscrit
    6.6
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1938

Script and Continuity Department



  • Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Allan, and Warner Baxter in Le dernier négrier (1937)
    Le dernier négrier
    6.3
    • script revision (uncredited)
    • 1937

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 23, 1882
    • Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  • Died
    • September 2, 1965
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Violet Kemble Cooper? - August 17, 1961 (her death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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