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Ranald MacDougall

Ranald MacDougall

Writer

Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 – December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Unsuspected (1947), June Bride (1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954), and shared screenwriting credit for 1963's Cleopatra. He also directed a number of films, including 1957's Man on Fire with Bing Crosby and 1959's The World, the Flesh and the Devil, both of which featured actress Inger Stevens. Born in Schenectady, New York, MacDougall came from an impoverished working-class family. His father was a crane operator and union organizer, whose frequent strikes forced MacDougall to leave school before finishing the eighth grade to help support the family. He held a variety of odd jobs and during the Great Depression found work as an usher at Radio City Music Hall. He saw greater potential across the street in Rockefeller Center, where he was hired as a page, working alongside Gregory Peck. As a page MacDougall had the opportunity to closely observe the radio industry, and in his spare time he wrote and submitted scripts to his boss under pseudonyms, and was finally hired as a staff writer for NBC Radio despite being underage at the time.

Born: March 10, 1915 in Schenectady, New York, USA

Died: December 12, 1973 (Age 58)

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Ranald MacDougall  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1950
Movie
7.1
WritingScreenplay1963
Movie
6
DirectingDirector, Writer, Producer1970
Movie
6.9
WritingScreenplay1968
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector, Screenplay1961
Movie
6.8
WritingWriter1951
Movie
5.6
ProductionProducer1968
Movie
6.6
WritingScreenplay1948
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector, Screenplay1957
Movie
8
WritingScreenplay1945
Movie
6.8
WritingScreenplay1951
Movie
7.2
WritingScreenplay1945
Movie
7.2
WritingScreenplay1947
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector, Screenplay1955
Movie
6.1
WritingScreenplay1954
Movie
6.9
CrewAdditional Writing1950
Movie
5.6
WritingScreenplay1973
Movie
7.6
WritingWriter1950
Movie
7.1
WritingScreenplay1949
Movie
6.7
WritingScreenplay1956
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1954
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector1960
Movie
7
WritingScreenplay1947
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector, Screenplay1959
Movie
5.9
WritingOriginal Film Writer1989
Movie
7.6
WritingScreenplay1955
Movie
5.6
WritingScreenplay, Producer1948
Movie
7.1
WritingTeleplay, Producer1966
Movie
8
ProductionProducer, Writer1972
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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