John Grant(1891-1955)

Writer
Producer
Actor

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John Grant was born on 27 December 1891 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Les joyeux pirates (1952), Deux nigauds au collège (1945) and The Naughty Nineties (1945). He died on 19 November 1955 in Palm Desert, California, USA.

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Known for

Charles Laughton, Bud Abbott, Hillary Brooke, Lou Costello, and Fran Warren in Les joyeux pirates (1952)

Les joyeux pirates

5.7

Writer

1952

Deux nigauds au collège (1945)

Deux nigauds au collège

6.6

Writer

1945

Bud Abbott, Lois Collier, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Joe Sawyer, and Henry Travers in The Naughty Nineties (1945)

The Naughty Nineties

7.0

Writer

1945

Boris Karloff, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Helen Westcott in Deux nigauds contre Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde (1953)

Deux nigauds contre Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde

6.4

Writer

1953

Credits

Writer

Who's on First?!!? The Animated Version
8.1
Short
- Writer
- 2020
Deux nigauds et la momie
6.2
- screenplay
- 1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
7.7
TV Series
- writer
- written by
- additional dialogue
- 1952–1955
Deux nigauds et les flics
6.3
- Writer
- 1955
Oh, My Achin' Tooth!
7.4
Short
- scenes and dialogue
- 1954
Champs of the Chase
Short
- scenes and dialogue
- 1954
Tout fou, tout flamme
6.7
- screenplay
- 1954
Deux nigauds contre Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde
6.4
- screenplay
- 1953
Deux nigauds chez Vénus
5.9
- screenplay
- 1953
Les joyeux pirates
5.7
- written by
- 1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
6.7
- screenplay
- 1952
La polka des marins
6.2
- additional dialogue
- 1952
Yuletide Variety
- Writer
- 1952
Deux nigauds chez les barbus
6.3
- additional dialogue
- 1951
Double Crossbones
6.0
- additional dialogue
- 1951

Producer

Actor

Personal details

Height
- 1.88 m
Born
- December 27, 1891
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- November 19, 1955
- Palm Desert, California, USA

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Trivia
A former newspaper reporter who eventually became a gag writer for many vaudeville comics, well known for his almost encyclopedic knowledge of comedy routines. He hooked up with comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and became their (often uncredited) writer on almost all of their pictures.

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