Dalton Trumbo

Also known as James Dalton Trumbo, Robert Rich

American screenwriter (1905–1976)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1905
Died: 1976
Works: 37

Top works

Brief of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Cultural Workers in Motion Pictures and Other Arts, and of members of the professions, as amici curiae
The devil in the book
Harry Bridges
The remarkable Andrew
Spartacus

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Film & TV

Writing · Montrose, Colorado, USA

Dalton Trumbo was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, the 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 American motion picture industry. While blacklisted and not permitted to work, he won two Academy…

Known for

The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage)2021
Imminent Threat — Self (archive footage)2015
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood — Himself2006
Buñuel in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2000
Papillon — Commandant (uncredited)1973
Johnny Got His Gun — Orator1971
The Prowler — John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)1951
The Hollywood Ten — Self1950

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Type: Person

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Listeners: 45
Total plays: 1,232

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Corporate Governance: Decades of Dialogue and Data
· 2003 · cited 3,807x
Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 3,736x
Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals
· 2017 · cited 2,932x
Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial
· 2019 · cited 2,530x
Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,326x

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Quotes

“Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.”
“Never again to wiggle your toes. What a hell of a thing, what a wonderful, beautiful thing, to wiggle your toes.”
“There's nothing noble about dying. Not even if you die for honor. Not even if you die the greatest hero the world ever saw. Not even if you're so great your name will never be forgotten and who's that great? The most important thing is your life, little guys. You're worth nothing dead except for speeches. Don't let them kid you any more. Pay no attention when they tap you on the shoulder and say come along we've got to fight for liberty, or whatever their word is. There's always a word.”
“There's a game out there, and the stakes are high. And the guy who runs it figures the averages all day long and all night long. Once in a while he lets you steal a pot. But if you stay in the game long enough, you've got to lose. And once you've lost there's no way back, no way at all.”

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Key facts

Born: James Dalton Trumbo , ( 1905-12-09 ) December 9, 1905, Montrose, Colorado , U.S.
Died: September 10, 1976 (1976-09-10) (aged 70), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation: Screenwriter film director playwright essayist novelist
Spouse: Cleo Beth Fincher ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 )
Children: 3, including Christopher

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date of birth: 1905-12-09
date of death: 1976-09-10
Commons category: Dalton Trumbo
name in native language: James Dalton Trumbo
start of work period: 1936-00-00

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Article

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he 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, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards for Best Story: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was presented to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956), which was awarded to a pseudonym used by Trumbo. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, it marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other affected screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for Roman Holiday in 2011, nearly 60 years after the fact, and 35 years after his death.