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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter. A member of the " Hollywood Ten ", he was blacklisted by the Hollywood film studios during the late 1940s and 1950s after his appearance as an "unfriendly" witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) leading to Lardner being ...
Ring Lardner, Jr. was the last of the Hollywood 10 to die, passing away on Halloween, October 31, 2000, in New York City from cancer. He was 85 years old and had long outlived most of the witch-hunters who had tormented him.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Nov 2, 2000 · Ring Lardner Jr., the Academy Award-winning screenwriter who was imprisoned for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee, has died of cancer. He was 85.
Ring Lardner, Jr. was the last of the Hollywood 10 to die, passing away on Halloween, October 31, 2000, in New York City from cancer. He was 85 years old and had long outlived most of the witch-hunters who had tormented him.
- August 15, 1915
- October 31, 2000
Nov 2, 2000 · Ring Lardner Jr., whose satirical screenplays twice won the Academy Award but whose career collapsed in 1947 after he refused to tell Congress if he had ever been a Communist, died on Tuesday at...
Nov 1, 2000 · Ring Lardner Jr., whose satirical screenplays twice won the Academy Award, but who was best known for being jailed and blacklisted after he refused in 1947 to tell the House Un-American...
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