John Patrick

Playwright, Screenwriter

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Also Known As

John Patrick Goggan, Jack Patrick

Birth Place

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Born

May 17, 1905

Died

November 07, 1995

Cause of Death

Suicide

Biography

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John Patrick worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. In 1935, he wrote his first Broadway play "Hell Freezes Over." Patrick's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Flaming Youth" (1923), "Her Temporary Husband" (1923) and "Flirting With Love" (1924). He also appeared in "Sinners in Silk" (1924), "After Business Hours" (1925) and the c...

Filmography

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Beyond the Lights (2014)

Scream 2 (1997)

Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)

Revolution (1985)

To Catch a King (1984)

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Les Girls (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I've Seen You Dance

Les Girls (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You're Just Too Too

Biography

John Patrick worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. In 1935, he wrote his first Broadway play "Hell Freezes Over." Patrick's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Flaming Youth" (1923), "Her Temporary Husband" (1923) and "Flirting With Love" (1924). He also appeared in "Sinners in Silk" (1924), "After Business Hours" (1925) and the comedy "Rubber Tires" (1927) with Bessie Love. Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the historical drama "Revolution" (1985) with Al Pacino, "Buster" (1988) and the James Caan comedy "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992). He also appeared in the David Arquette smash hit horror sequel "Scream 2" (1997). Patrick was most recently credited in "Beyond the Lights" (2014). Patrick passed away in November 1995 at the age of 90.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Beyond the Lights (2014)

Scream 2 (1997)

Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)

Revolution (1985)

To Catch a King (1984)

Hell's Crossroads (1957)

Spoilers of the Forest (1957)

Santa Fe Passage (1955)

Love Hungry (1928)

Lonnie Van Hook

Sinner's Parade (1928)

Golf Widows (1928)

Billy Gladstone

Rubber Tires (1927)

The Prince of Headwaiters (1927)

Stage Kisses (1927)

Life of an Actress (1927)

Other Women's Husbands (1926)

Ladies at Play (1926)

The Honeymoon Express (1926)

The Social Highwayman (1926)

Jay Walker, reporter

The Caveman (1926)

Brewster Bradford

The First Year (1926)

While London Sleeps (1926)

His Jazz Bride (1926)

Three Weeks in Paris (1925)

A Thief in Paradise (1925)

What Fools Men (1925)

Gilbert Jenkins

After Business Hours (1925)

Richard Downing

Seven Sinners (1925)

Handsome Joe Hagney

The Man Without a Conscience (1925)

So This Is Marriage (1924)

Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

Single Wives (1924)

Sinners in Silk (1924)

For Sale (1924)

Flirting With Love (1924)

Dickie Harrison

The Dark Swan (1924)

Wilfred Meadows

Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924)

Reginald Trevor

The Goldfish (1924)

Flaming Youth (1923)

Her Temporary Husband (1923)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

The Main Attraction (1963)

The World of Suzie Wong (1961)

Some Came Running (1959)

Les Girls (1957)

High Society (1956)

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

The President's Lady (1953)

Enchantment (1949)

Second Chance (1947)

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

Battle of Broadway (1938)

Up the River (1938)

Five of a Kind (1938)

Original Screenplay

International Settlement (1938)

Born Reckless (1937)

Big Town Girl (1937)

The Holy Terror (1937)

Original Screenplay

Time Out for Romance (1937)

Dangerously Yours (1937)

Sing and Be Happy (1937)

Original Screenplay

Midnight Taxi (1937)

One Mile from Heaven (1937)

36 Hours to Kill (1936)

High Tension (1936)

15 Maiden Lane (1936)

Educating Father (1936)

Original Screenplay

Producer (Feature Film)

The Main Attraction (1963)

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

Lifeforce (1985)

Special Visual Effects (Crew)

Writer (Special)

The Small Miracle (1973)

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1962)

Play As Source Material

Sound (Special)

Discovery Channel World Championship Adventure Race: Switzerland (2002)

Special Thanks (Special)

The Small Miracle (1973)

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1962)

Play As Source Material

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)

Life Events

1935

Wrote his first Broadway play "Hell Freezes Over"

Videos

Les Girls (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I've Seen You Dance Auditioning in Paris, Joanne (Mitzi Gaynor) and Sybil (Kay Kendall) are snarky and sweet as their boss Barry (Gene Kelly) hires French Angele (Tania Elg) for their act, in the first flashback, in George Cukor's loose adaptation of Vera Caspary's Idiot's Delight, Les Girls, 1957.

Les Girls (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You're Just Too Too Her vocals dubbed by Betty Wand, Kay Kendall as British Sybil, in her widely praised performance opposite Gene Kelly, as a showgirl getting involved with her American song-and-dance man boss, with a Cole Porter original tune, in George Cukor's Les Girls, 1957.

Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (1955) -- (Movie Clip) I Arranged A Full Moon Hong Kong locations and process shots, on a first theoretically not-romantic date between married American journalist Elliott (William Holden) and Anglo-Chinese doctor Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones, playing the author of the underlying autobiographical novel), her own status not yet discussed, in Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, 1955.

Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Sleeping Tigers Boating across a Hong Kong lagoon after an evening with friends, enraptured American correspondent Mark Elliott (William Holden) and widowed Anglo-Chinese doctor Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones) get metaphorical about their future, genuine locations and sound-stages from director Henry King, in Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, 1955.

Some Came Running (1959) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Nice Kid From the opening credits, veteran Dave Hirsch (Frank Sinatra) has forgotten about Ginny (Shirley MacLaine), arriving in his Indiana home town on a Greyhound, in Some Came Running, 1959, Vincente Minnelli's film from the James Jones novel.

Some Came Running (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Same Handsome Rascal Arriving with long-estranged banker brother Frank (Arthur Kennedy), ex-writer and discharged soldier Dave (Frank Sinatra) meets sister-in-law Agnes (Leora Dana) and niece Dawn (Betty Lou Keim), in Vincente Minnelli's Some Came Running, 1959.

Some Came Running (1959) -- (Movie Clip) One Hundred Percent Platonic Long inactive writer Dave (Frank Sinatra) is more interested in creative writing teacher Gwen (Martha Hyer) than in his work, as she reviews his latest, in Vincente Minnelli's Some Came Running, 1959.

Some Came Running (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Ain't In Love With Me Chicago party-girl Ginny (Shirley MacLaine) visits college teacher Gwen (Martha Hyer) on campus, inquiring about Dave (Frank Sinatra, not seen), a key moment in Vincente Minnelli's Some Came Running, 1959.

Teahouse Of The August Moon, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Okinawa, 1946 The same opening as the long-running Broadway hit, Marlon Brando as the Okinawan interpreter Sakini (played on stage by David Wayne), from playwright John Patrick’s adapted screenplay, from The Teahouse Of The August Moon, 1956, also starring Glenn Ford

Teahouse Of The August Moon, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) How Did You Get Into Psychological Warfare? Native Okinawan servant Sakini (Marlon Brando) running circles around the American occupiers, in this case blowhard Colonel Purdy (Paul Ford), who receives new man Fisby (co-star Glenn Ford), in whom he’s immediately disappointed, in The Teahouse Of The August Moon, 1956.

Teahouse Of The August Moon, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Pentagon-shaped Sent with native interpreter Sakini (Marlon Brando) to a post-World War Two Okinawan village to build a school and social club, clumsy Captain Fisby (Glenn Ford) of the American occupying force takes a shot at explaining democracy, in The Teahouse Of The August Moon, 1956.

Shoes Of The Fisherman, The (1968) -- (Movie Ciip) I Saw The World Colorful Vatican envoy Telemond (Oskar Werner) is escorting Russian archbishop Lakota (Anthony Quinn), freed from Siberia, to Rome, where American reporter Faber (David Janssen), delayed by a girlfriend (Rosemarie Dexter), has been promised an exclusive, in The Shoes Of The Fisherman, 1968.

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