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Richard L. Breen (June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967) was a Hollywood screenwriter and director. Biography. Breen was born in Chicago of Irish Catholic extraction. He began as a freelance radio writer. After a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he began writing for films.
Richard L. Breen was born on 26 June 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Titanic (1953), A Foreign Affair (1948) and State Fair (1962). He died on 1 February 1967 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Richard L. Breen
- February 1, 1967
- June 26, 1918
Richard L. Breen was born on 26 June 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Titanic (1953), A Foreign Affair (1948) and State Fair (1962). He died on 1 February 1967 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- June 26, 1918
- February 1, 1967
Richard L. Breen (June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967) was a Hollywood screenwriter and director. He began as a freelance radio writer. After a stint in the US Navy during World War II, he began writing for films and worked alone and in collaboration with such distinguished writers as Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
Writer and first WGAw president Richard Breen’s films include A Foreign Affair (1948), Miss Tatlock’s Millions (1948), Niagara (1953), Seven Cities of Gold (1955), Pete Kelley’s Blues (1955), State Fair (1962), and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963).
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Feb. 1 Richard L. Breen, a screenwriter who in 1954 won an Oscar for his work on the film "Titanic," died today at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, Calif. His age was 47.
Stopover Tokyo is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Richard L. Breen and starring Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien and Ken Scott. Filmed in Japan in CinemaScope, the film is set in Tokyo and follows a US counterintelligence agent working to foil a communist assassination plot. The film is based very loosely on the ...
