Edmund Morris
Edmund Morris was an actor, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his drama Broadway drama THE WOODEN DISH, about a Texas codger whose son and daughter-in-law try to pack him off to an old-age h... Read more
Edmund Morris was an actor, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his drama Broadway drama THE WOODEN DISH, about a Texas codger whose son and daughter-in-law try to pack him off to an old-age home. It was warmly received in London in 1954. In New York, it closed after twelve performances at the Booth Theater in 1955. Channel 13 in New York chose the work for its ''Play of the Week'' series in 1961. Mr. Morris wrote the screenplay for the 1962 film "Walk on the Wild Side,'' adapted from the Nelson Algren novel, as well as the screenplays for ''Savage Guns'' (1962) and ''Project X'' (1957).