Filmography
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Known For
Roman Holiday Writer (1953) -
Spartacus Writer (1960) -
Johnny Got His Gun Writer (1971) -
Known For
Papillon Writer (2017) -
Writer
Papillon (2017)
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Johnny Got His Gun (2008) -
Always (1989) -
Roman Holiday (1987) -
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) -
Papillon (1973) -
Executive Action (1973) -
The Way We Were (1973) -
FTA (1972) -
The Horsemen (1971) -
![Johnny Got His Gun]( "Johnny Got His Gun")
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) -
![The Fixer]( "The Fixer")
The Fixer (1968) -
![Silahlar patlayinca]( "Silahlar patlayinca")
Silahlar patlayinca (1966) -
![Hawaii]( "Hawaii")
Hawaii (1966) -
![The Sandpiper]( "The Sandpiper")
The Sandpiper (1965) -
![Lonely Are the Brave]( "Lonely Are the Brave")
Lonely Are the Brave (1962) -
![The Last Sunset]( "The Last Sunset")
The Last Sunset (1961) -
![Town Without Pity]( "Town Without Pity")
Town Without Pity (1961) -
![Exodus]( "Exodus")
Exodus (1960) -
![Spartacus]( "Spartacus")
Spartacus (1960) -
![Career]( "Career")
Career (1959) -
![Terror in a Texas Town]( "Terror in a Texas Town")
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) -
![Cowboy]( "Cowboy")
Cowboy (1958) -
![The Green-Eyed Blonde]( "The Green-Eyed Blonde")
The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957) -
![The Deerslayer]( "The Deerslayer")
The Deerslayer (1957) -
![The Brothers Rico]( "The Brothers Rico")
The Brothers Rico (1957) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse (1957) -
![The Brave One]( "The Brave One")
The Brave One (1956) -
![The Boss]( "The Boss")
The Boss (1956) -
![The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell]( "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell")
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![They Were So Young]( "They Were So Young")
They Were So Young (1954) -
![Carnival Story]( "Carnival Story")
Carnival Story (1954) -
![Roman Holiday]( "Roman Holiday")
Roman Holiday (1953) -
![My Man and I]( "My Man and I")
My Man and I (1952) -
![He Ran All the Way]( "He Ran All the Way")
He Ran All the Way (1951) -
![The Prowler]( "The Prowler")
The Prowler (1951) -
![Emergency Wedding]( "Emergency Wedding")
Emergency Wedding (1950) -
![Rocketship X-M]( "Rocketship X-M")
Rocketship X-M (1950) -
![Gun Crazy]( "Gun Crazy")
Gun Crazy (1950) -
![The Gangster]( "The Gangster")
The Gangster (1947) -
![Our Vines Have Tender Grapes]( "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes")
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) -
![Jealousy]( "Jealousy")
Jealousy (1945) -
![Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo]( "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo")
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) -
![Tender Comrade]( "Tender Comrade")
Tender Comrade (1943) -
![A Guy Named Joe]( "A Guy Named Joe")
A Guy Named Joe (1943) -
![I Married a Witch]( "I Married a Witch")
I Married a Witch (1942) -
![Somewhere I'll Find You]( "Somewhere I'll Find You")
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) -
![The Remarkable Andrew]( "The Remarkable Andrew")
The Remarkable Andrew (1942) -
![You Belong to Me]( "You Belong to Me")
You Belong to Me (1941) -
![Accent on Love]( "Accent on Love")
Accent on Love (1941) -
![Kitty Foyle]( "Kitty Foyle")
Kitty Foyle (1940) -
![We Who Are Young]( "We Who Are Young")
We Who Are Young (1940) -
![A Bill of Divorcement]( "A Bill of Divorcement")
A Bill of Divorcement (1940) -
![Curtain Call]( "Curtain Call")
Curtain Call (1940) -
![Half a Sinner]( "Half a Sinner")
Half a Sinner (1940) -
![The Lone Wolf Strikes]( "The Lone Wolf Strikes")
The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940) -
![Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence]( "Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence")
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![Career]( "Career")
Career (1939) -
![Five Came Back]( "Five Came Back")
Five Came Back (1939) -
![The Kid from Kokomo]( "The Kid from Kokomo")
The Kid from Kokomo (1939) -
![Sorority House]( "Sorority House")
Sorority House (1939) -
![The Flying Irishman]( "The Flying Irishman")
The Flying Irishman (1939) -
![A Man to Remember]( "A Man to Remember")
A Man to Remember (1938) -
![Fugitives for a Night]( "Fugitives for a Night")
Fugitives for a Night (1938) -
![Paradise for Three]( "Paradise for Three")
Paradise for Three (1938) -
![Everybody Sing]( "Everybody Sing")
Everybody Sing (1938) -
![That Man's Here Again]( "That Man's Here Again")
That Man's Here Again (1937) -
![Devil's Playground]( "Devil's Playground")
Devil's Playground (1937) -
![Tugboat Princess]( "Tugboat Princess")
Tugboat Princess (1936) -
![Love Begins at 20]( "Love Begins at 20")
Love Begins at 20 (1936) -
Writer
![Road Gang]( "Road Gang")
Road Gang (1936) -
Actor
![Papillon]( "Papillon")
Papillon Commandant (1973) -
![Johnny Got His Gun]( "Johnny Got His Gun")
Johnny Got His Gun Orator (1971) -
Actor
![The Prowler]( "The Prowler")
The Prowler John Gilvray (1951) -
Director
![Johnny Got His Gun]( "Johnny Got His Gun")
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) -
Archive footage
![The Movies]( "The Movies")
The Movies (2019) -
![America in Color]( "America in Color")
America in Color (2018) -
![Trumbo]( "Trumbo")
Trumbo (2015) -
![Imminent Threat]( "Imminent Threat")
Imminent Threat (2015) -
Nonfiction W (2013)
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![The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler]( "The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler")
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![Reagan]( "Reagan")
Reagan (2011) -
![Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood]( "Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood")
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![Hollywood contra Franco]( "Hollywood contra Franco")
Hollywood contra Franco (2008) -
![Trumbo]( "Trumbo")
Trumbo (2007) -
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![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (2003) -
![Remembering 'Roman Holiday']( "Remembering 'Roman Holiday'")
Remembering 'Roman Holiday' (2002) -
![Cold War]( "Cold War")
Cold War (1998) -
![Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream]( "Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream")
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![The Fifties]( "The Fifties")
The Fifties (1997) -
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Archive footage
![The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies]( "The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies")
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![Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story]( "Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story")
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Additional Crew
![The Two-Headed Spy]( "The Two-Headed Spy")
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) -
Script and Continuity Department
![Thoroughbreds Don't Cry]( "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry")
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
Elise McKeogh was Trumbo's long-term agent until her death in 1955. She licensed his first novel, 'Eclipse' to Lovat Dickson in England.
Quotes
[1970, accepting the Screen Writers Guild Laurel Award] The blacklist was a time of evil, and no one on either side who survived it came through untouched by evil. Caught in a situation that had passed beyond the control of mere individuals, each ...
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Personal Details
Born
James Dalton Trumbo
Montrose, Colorado, USA
Died
(age 70)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:
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