450:
272:
443:
368:
436:
978:
968:
973:
268:
72:
347:
153:
459:
181:
135:
983:
66:
958:
953:
389:
215:
147:
404:
96:
362:
84:
48:
123:
963:
542:
205:
187:
54:
777:
308:
199:
111:
42:
228:
162:
102:
872:
170:
60:
948:
943:
725:
280:
129:
78:
23:
428:
8:
828:
617:
141:
117:
341:
769:
920:
486:
423:
193:
175:
36:
641:
637:
566:
224:
745:
686:
393:
372:
351:
912:
868:
852:
625:
534:
502:
383:
166:
34:
Gay began his career writing episodes for television anthology series such as
937:
860:
820:
793:
753:
657:
633:
578:
526:
327:
256:
252:
210:
158:
880:
840:
832:
761:
733:
673:
590:
586:
570:
558:
494:
482:
90:
259:
in July 1977 and toured more than 300 cities during the next three years.
893:
844:
812:
785:
737:
717:
698:
690:
665:
649:
474:
284:
244:
233:
220:
22:(April 1, 1924 – February 4, 2017) was an American screenwriter, born in
598:
419:
109:
For television, Gay has adapted numerous literary classics, including
281:
Emmy Award for
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special
248:
458:
273:
Writers Guild of
America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
52:. He made his film screenwriting debut in 1956 with
405:'Separate Tables' Screenwriter John Gay Dies at 92
935:
444:
287:for Best Television Feature or Miniseries.
451:
437:
269:Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
247:presents a lecture about his career to a
299:with his daughter Jennifer Gay Summers.
297:Any Way I Can: 50 Years in Show Business
255:portraying Wilde, the play premiered in
460:Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
936:
157:. He also wrote television biopics of
432:
279:. He has been nominated once for the
58:. Additional screen credits include
13:
311:, on February 4, 2017, at age 92.
14:
995:
979:American male non-fiction writers
969:Writers from Whittier, California
413:
331:at the Internet Broadway Database
197:; adaptations of the bestsellers
16:American screenwriter (1924–2017)
974:American male television writers
251:audience in November 1899. With
239:Gay also wrote the one-man play
73:The Courtship of Eddie's Father
67:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
398:
377:
356:
335:
321:
1:
984:Screenwriters from California
314:
49:Goodyear Television Playhouse
345:at the Vincent Price website
7:
959:American television writers
954:American male screenwriters
182:Witness for the Prosecution
154:Around the World in 80 Days
136:The Hunchback of Notre Dame
10:
1000:
267:Gay was nominated for the
173:; small screen remakes of
904:
804:
709:
609:
513:
466:
290:
262:
29:
309:Santa Monica, California
302:
283:and three times for the
112:The Red Badge of Courage
97:Sometimes a Great Notion
43:Kraft Television Theatre
681:David W. Rintels (1997)
343:Diversions and Delights
329:Diversions and Delights
241:Diversions and Delights
229:A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
163:George Armstrong Custer
85:No Way to Treat a Lady
295:Gay wrote the memoir
521:Howard Rodman (1980)
130:A Tale of Two Cities
79:The Hallelujah Trail
55:Run Silent, Run Deep
24:Whittier, California
964:American memoirists
888:Alison Cross (2018)
829:Marshall Herskovitz
387:at Bear Manor Media
216:The Burden of Proof
118:Captains Courageous
770:Stephen J. Cannell
392:2009-06-04 at the
371:2011-07-08 at the
350:2015-06-30 at the
931:
930:
921:Yvette Lee Bowser
487:Everett Greenbaum
366:at CanyonNews.com
194:Shadow of a Doubt
176:Dial M for Murder
148:Uncle Tom's Cabin
37:Lux Video Theatre
991:
924:
916:
897:
889:
884:
876:
864:
856:
848:
836:
824:
816:
797:
789:
781:
773:
765:
757:
749:
741:
729:
721:
702:
694:
682:
677:
669:
661:
653:
645:
642:Jess Oppenheimer
638:Bob Carroll, Jr.
629:
621:
602:
594:
582:
574:
567:Richard Levinson
562:
554:
546:
538:
530:
522:
506:
498:
490:
478:
453:
446:
439:
430:
429:
407:
402:
396:
381:
375:
360:
354:
339:
333:
325:
225:television movie
188:Inherit the Wind
103:A Matter of Time
999:
998:
994:
993:
992:
990:
989:
988:
934:
933:
932:
927:
919:
911:
900:
892:
887:
879:
867:
859:
851:
839:
827:
819:
811:
800:
792:
784:
776:
768:
760:
752:
746:David E. Kelley
744:
732:
724:
716:
705:
697:
687:James L. Brooks
685:
680:
672:
664:
656:
648:
632:
624:
616:
605:
597:
585:
577:
565:
557:
549:
541:
533:
525:
520:
509:
501:
493:
481:
473:
462:
457:
416:
411:
410:
403:
399:
394:Wayback Machine
382:
378:
373:Wayback Machine
361:
357:
352:Wayback Machine
340:
336:
326:
322:
317:
305:
293:
277:Separate Tables
265:
61:Separate Tables
32:
17:
12:
11:
5:
997:
987:
986:
981:
976:
971:
966:
961:
956:
951:
946:
929:
928:
926:
925:
917:
913:Merrill Markoe
908:
906:
902:
901:
899:
898:
890:
885:
877:
869:Marta Kauffman
865:
857:
853:Garry Marshall
849:
837:
825:
817:
808:
806:
802:
801:
799:
798:
790:
782:
774:
766:
758:
750:
742:
730:
722:
713:
711:
707:
706:
704:
703:
695:
683:
678:
670:
662:
654:
646:
630:
626:Carol Sobieski
622:
613:
611:
607:
606:
604:
603:
595:
583:
575:
563:
555:
547:
539:
535:John McGreevey
531:
523:
517:
515:
511:
510:
508:
507:
503:James Costigan
499:
491:
483:James Fritzell
479:
470:
468:
464:
463:
456:
455:
448:
441:
433:
427:
426:
415:
414:External links
412:
409:
408:
397:
376:
355:
334:
319:
318:
316:
313:
304:
301:
292:
289:
264:
261:
167:Caryl Chessman
124:Les Misérables
31:
28:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
996:
985:
982:
980:
977:
975:
972:
970:
967:
965:
962:
960:
957:
955:
952:
950:
947:
945:
942:
941:
939:
922:
918:
914:
910:
909:
907:
903:
895:
891:
886:
882:
878:
874:
870:
866:
862:
861:Shonda Rhimes
858:
854:
850:
846:
842:
838:
834:
830:
826:
822:
821:Diane English
818:
814:
810:
809:
807:
803:
795:
794:William Blinn
791:
787:
783:
779:
775:
771:
767:
763:
759:
755:
754:Loring Mandel
751:
747:
743:
739:
735:
731:
727:
723:
719:
715:
714:
712:
708:
700:
696:
692:
688:
684:
679:
675:
671:
667:
663:
659:
658:Steven Bochco
655:
651:
647:
643:
639:
635:
634:Madelyn Davis
631:
627:
623:
619:
615:
614:
612:
608:
600:
596:
592:
588:
584:
580:
579:Reginald Rose
576:
572:
568:
564:
560:
556:
552:
548:
544:
543:Herbert Baker
540:
536:
532:
528:
527:Larry Gelbart
524:
519:
518:
516:
512:
504:
500:
496:
492:
488:
484:
480:
476:
472:
471:
469:
465:
461:
454:
449:
447:
442:
440:
435:
434:
431:
425:
421:
418:
417:
406:
401:
395:
391:
388:
386:
385:Any Way I Can
380:
374:
370:
367:
365:
364:Any Way I Can
359:
353:
349:
346:
344:
338:
332:
330:
324:
320:
312:
310:
300:
298:
288:
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
260:
258:
257:San Francisco
254:
253:Vincent Price
250:
246:
242:
237:
235:
231:
230:
226:
222:
218:
217:
212:
211:Joe McGinniss
208:
207:
202:
201:
196:
195:
190:
189:
184:
183:
178:
177:
172:
168:
164:
160:
159:Howard Hughes
156:
155:
150:
149:
144:
143:
138:
137:
132:
131:
126:
125:
120:
119:
114:
113:
107:
105:
104:
99:
98:
93:
92:
87:
86:
81:
80:
75:
74:
69:
68:
63:
62:
57:
56:
51:
50:
45:
44:
39:
38:
27:
25:
21:
881:Aaron Sorkin
841:Joshua Brand
833:Edward Zwick
762:Susan Harris
734:Glen Charles
674:Paul Henning
591:Bob Weiskopf
587:Bob Schiller
571:William Link
559:Danny Arnold
550:
495:Ernest Kinoy
400:
384:
379:
363:
358:
342:
337:
328:
323:
307:Gay died in
306:
296:
294:
276:
266:
240:
238:
227:
214:
204:
200:Fatal Vision
198:
192:
186:
180:
174:
171:Adolf Hitler
152:
146:
140:
134:
128:
122:
116:
110:
108:
101:
95:
91:Soldier Blue
89:
83:
77:
71:
65:
59:
53:
47:
41:
35:
33:
19:
18:
949:2017 deaths
944:1924 births
894:Jenji Kohan
873:David Crane
845:John Falsey
813:Larry David
786:David Chase
738:Les Charles
726:David Lloyd
718:Paul Monash
699:David Milch
691:Allan Burns
666:Carl Reiner
650:Norman Lear
475:Rod Serling
285:Edgar Award
245:Oscar Wilde
243:, in which
234:Bette Davis
221:Scott Turow
206:Blind Faith
938:Categories
778:John Wells
618:David Shaw
599:Hal Kanter
315:References
223:; and the
232:starring
551:John Gay
420:John Gay
390:Archived
369:Archived
348:Archived
271:and the
249:Parisian
20:John Gay
142:Ivanhoe
923:(2023)
915:(2020)
896:(2019)
883:(2017)
875:(2016)
871:&
863:(2015)
855:(2014)
847:(2013)
843:&
835:(2012)
831:&
823:(2011)
815:(2010)
796:(2009)
788:(2008)
780:(2007)
772:(2006)
764:(2005)
756:(2004)
748:(2003)
740:(2002)
736:&
728:(2001)
720:(2000)
701:(1999)
693:(1998)
689:&
676:(1996)
668:(1995)
660:(1994)
652:(1993)
644:(1992)
640:&
628:(1991)
620:(1990)
601:(1989)
593:(1988)
589:&
581:(1987)
573:(1986)
569:&
561:(1985)
553:(1984)
545:(1983)
537:(1982)
529:(1981)
505:(1979)
497:(1978)
489:(1977)
485:&
477:(1976)
291:Memoir
263:Awards
191:, and
169:, and
151:, and
100:, and
46:, and
30:Career
905:2020s
805:2010s
710:2000s
610:1990s
514:1980s
467:1970s
303:Death
424:IMDb
275:for
213:and
203:and
422:at
219:by
209:by
940::
636:,
236:.
185:,
179:,
165:,
161:,
145:,
139:,
133:,
127:,
121:,
115:,
106:.
94:,
88:,
82:,
76:,
70:,
64:,
40:,
26:.
452:e
445:t
438:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.