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Ring Lardner Jr.

1915–2000 · American screenwriter

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr. was an American screenwriter and novelist. After enjoying early success in Hollywood, he was subpoenaed in 1947 by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), where he refused to answer whether he was a member of the Communist Party. He was declared in contempt of Congress, blacklisted by the film studios as one of the "Hollywood Ten", and sentenced to a year in federal prison. Lardner's next screenplay credit, using his own name, was not until The Cincinnati Kid in 1965. He went on to win an Academy Award for his M*A*S*H (1970) screenplay.

Ring Lardner Jr., in order

  1. 1937 Nothing Sacred: wrote · directed by William A. Wellman
  2. 1939 Meet Dr. Christian: wrote · directed by Bernard Vorhaus
  3. 1939 The Kid from Kokomo: wrote · directed by Lewis Seiler
  4. 1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian: wrote · directed by Bernard Vorhaus
  5. 1941 Arkansas Judge: wrote · directed by Frank McDonald
  6. 1942 Woman of the Year: wrote · directed by George Stevens
  7. 1943 The Cross of Lorraine: wrote · directed by Tay Garnett
  8. 1944 Laura: wrote · directed by Otto Preminger
  9. 1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair: wrote · directed by Robert Z. Leonard
  10. 1944 Tomorrow, the World: wrote · directed by Leslie Fenton
  11. 1946 Cloak and Dagger: wrote · directed by Fritz Lang
  12. 1947 Forever Amber: wrote · directed by John M. Stahl and Otto Preminger · critics 20%, audiences 62%
  13. 1949 The Forbidden Street: wrote · directed by Jean Negulesco
  14. 1951 Up Front: wrote · directed by Alexander Hall
  15. 1959 Our Virgin Island: wrote · directed by Pat Jackson
  16. 1960 A Breath of Scandal: wrote · directed by Michael Curtiz
  17. 1965 The Cincinnati Kid: wrote · directed by Norman Jewison · critics 89%, audiences 78%
  18. 1970 MASH: wrote · directed by Robert Altman · critics 86%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV
  19. 1971 Lady Liberty: wrote · directed by Mario Monicelli
  20. 1971 The Deadly Trap: wrote · directed by René Clément
  21. 1977 Semi-Tough: wrote · directed by Michael Ritchie
  22. 1977 The Greatest: wrote · directed by Monte Hellman and Tom Gries · critics 20%, audiences 42% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
  23. 2001 The Majestic: acted · directed by Frank Darabont · critics 42%, audiences 61% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  24. 2009 A War in Hollywood: acted · directed by Oriol Porta
  25. 2011 Reagan: acted · directed by Eugene Jarecki · audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video