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  1. Barrett was born in 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated in 1950 from Anderson University (South Carolina). Prior to his career as a screenwriter, he served in the United States Marines. His first screenplay (based on his teleplay The Murder of a Sand Flea) was for the 1957 film, The D.I., [3] which starred Jack Webb as a Marine ...

  2. James Lee Barrett was born on 19 November 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Smokey and the Bandit (1977), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) and In the Heat of the Night (1988). He died on 15 October 1989 in Templeton, California, USA.

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    • Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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    • Templeton, California, USA
  3. James Lee Barrett was a writer and producer of films and TV shows, such as Smokey and the Bandit, The Cheyenne Social Club and Shenandoah. He was born in 1929, served in the U.S. Marines, and died in 1989.

    • November 19, 1929
    • October 15, 1989
  4. May 17, 2016 · James Lee Barrett was a prolific screenwriter for film and television, known for his adaptations of The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Green Berets, and Shenandoah. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and grew up in Anderson, South Carolina, where he attended Anderson College and Furman University.

  5. Oct 17, 1989 · James Lee Barrett, a Tony Award-winning stage, television and film writer, died at his home in Templeton, Calif., Sunday. He was 59 and had cancer, said a spokesman for Preferred...

  6. BARRETT, James Lee 1929-1989. PERSONAL: Born November 19, 1929, in Charlotte, NC; died of cancer, October 15, 1989, in Templeton, CA; son of James Hamlin and Anne (Blake) Barrett; married Merete Engelstoft, June, 1960; children: Jessica, Penelope, Birgette, Christian David.

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  8. Before becoming a screenwriter, James Lee Barrett served in the Marines. His first screenplay for The D.I. (1957) was about a Marine drill instructor. Barret went on to write many assorted action films in genres ranging from westerns to war films to police dramas to chase movies.

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