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Frank D. Gilroy

Film Director / Screenwriter / Novelist / Writer / Playwright / Film Producer | * 10/13/1925 († 89, 09/12/2015) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Frank Daniel Gilroy (October 13, 1925 – September 12, 2015) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Subject Was Roses in 1965. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Comedies

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Six amateur musicians accept an offer to play a 2-week gig in the Catskills. When the bass player suddenly falls ill, they recruit a genuine pro to fill in. As they embark on the opportunity of a life ...

The Gig

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1985 | 3.3/5 | 1h 32min
 
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A subtle, down-to-earth and autobiographical depiction of an American screenwriter in Paris who befriends his chauffeur and has an affair with a British aristocrat. ...

Once in Paris...

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1978 | 4.5/5 | 1h 40min
Drama
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Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected no ...

Desperate Characters

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1971 | 2.4/5 | 1h 37min
Drama
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Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mys ...

Nero Wolfe

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1979 | 4.0/5 | 2h
Mystery, TV Movie
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Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police ...

Burke's Law

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1963 | 3.0/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Frank D. Gilroy

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Tony Award for Best Author
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Movies with Frank D. Gilroy as Crew(26)

Directing/Director1998 Money Play$
Directing/Director1989 The Luckiest Man in the World
Directing/Director1985 The Gig
Production/Producer1985 The Gig
Writing/Writer1985 The Gig
Writing/Screenplay1982 Jinxed!
Writing/Story1982 Jinxed!
Directing/Director1979 Nero Wolfe
Writing/Writer1979 Nero Wolfe
Directing/Director1978 Once in Paris...
Writing/Writer1978 Once in Paris...
Directing/Director1976 From Noon Till Three
Writing/Screenplay1976 From Noon Till Three
Writing/Novel1976 From Noon Till Three
Directing/Director1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Writing/Writer1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Directing/Director1971 Desperate Characters
Production/Producer1971 Desperate Characters
Writing/Screenplay1971 Desperate Characters
Writing/Screenplay1970 The Only Game in Town
Writing/Theatre Play1970 The Only Game in Town
Writing/Screenplay1968 The Subject Was Roses
Writing/Writer1960 The Gallant Hours
Writing/Writer1959 Gundown at Sandoval
Writing/Screenplay1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
Writing/Story1956 The Fastest Gun Alive

TV Shows/Series with Frank D. Gilroy as Crew(8)

Creator/Creator1963 Burke's Law
Writing/Writer1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
Writing/Writer1958 The Rifleman
Writing/Writer1958 Texas John Slaughter
Writing/Writer1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
Writing/Writer1955 Matinee Theater
Writing/Writer1953 The United States Steel Hour
Writing/Writer1948 Studio One

Full Name: Frank Gilroy
Born: Tuesday, 10/13 1925 (October) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 09/12 2015 (September) in Monroe (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Dartmouth College, Yale School of Drama, DeWitt Clinton High School
Frank D. Gilroy frequently works together with these people:
Vaughn Taylor (13x, Actor)
James Daly (12x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (11x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (11x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (10x, Actor)
Nina Foch (10x, Actress)
Kevin McCarthy (9x, Actor)
Berry Kroeger (9x, Actor)
Harry Townes (9x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (9x, Actor)
Lawrence Dobkin (8x, Actor)
Nancy Parker (3x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:75696, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024