Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in ... Read more
Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo won two Academy Awards while blacklisted. He won an Oscar for “The Brave One” (1956), written under the name Robert Rich. In 1975, the Academy officially recognized Trumbo as the winner and presented him with a statuette. In 1993, Trumbo was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for writing “Roman Holiday” (1953). The screen credit and award were previously given to Ian McLellan Hunter, who had been a "front" for Trumbo. Other credits include “Devil’s Playground,” “A Man to Remember,” “Curtain Call,” “A Guy Named Joe,” “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo,” “From the Earth to the Moon,” “Exodus,” and “The Last Sunset.” Plays include NIGHT OF THE AUROCHS and THE BIGGEST THIEF IN TOWN.