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Thomas Hal Phillips (October 11, 1922 – April 3, 2007) was an American novelist, actor and screenwriter . Biography. Early life. Phillips was born on October 11, 1922, on a farm between Corinth and Kossuth in Alcorn County, northeastern Mississippi. [1] [2]
Since the sixties, Thomas Hal Phillips has worked on numerous screenplays — primarily as a writer but also in non-writer positions. Among the films that he has worked on are Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Tarzan’s Fight for Life, Huckleberry Finn, Minstrel Man, The Brain Machine, Nightmare in Badham County, Walking Tall II, Buffalo Bill, and ...
Actor: Nashville. Thomas Hal Phillips was born on 11 October 1922 in Corinth, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Nashville (1975), The Brain Machine (1972) and Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958). He died on 3 April 2007 in Kossuth, Mississippi, USA.
- Actor, Writer, Producer
- October 11, 1922
- Thomas Hal Phillips
- April 3, 2007
Amid the wave of persecution that characterized much of 1950s America, a respected New York publishing house surprisingly published a novel dealing with an explicitly homosexual theme. Perhaps even more surprisingly, the author of the novel was a southerner—a young Mississippian, Thomas Hal Phillips. Born near Corinth in 1922, Phillips published six novels and several […]
Born October 11, 1922, in Corinth, MS; son of William Thomas (a farmer) and Ollie (a teacher; maiden name, Fare) Phillips. Education: Mississippi State University, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.A.; attended Sorbonne, University of Paris, and University of Bordeaux, 1950-51. Politics: Independent. Religion: Baptist.
Thomas Hal Phillips, a former Hollywood screenwriter and consultant whose film work includes Nashville, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ode to Billy Joe, and Walking Tall II. He is author of the novels The Golden Lie, Search for a Hero, Kangaroo Hollow, and The Loved and the Unloved.
This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel's unique contribution lies in its subtle engagement of homosexuality and cross-class love.
