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John Grant

Screenwriter / Novelist | * 12/27/1891 († 63, 11/19/1955) | Tarentum (United States of America (USA))
John Grant (December 27, 1891 – November 19, 1955) was a comedy writer best known for his association with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Costello called him their "chief idea man". Grant contributed to Abbott and Costello's radio, film and live television scripts, as well as the films of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and Ma and Pa Kettle. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Horror | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treas ...

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

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1952 | 3.0/5 | 1h 10min
Adventure, Comedy
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Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man. ...

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

NR

1948 | 3.6/5 | 1h 23min
Comedy, Horror
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Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to att ...

Here Come the Co-eds

NR

1945 | 2.9/5 | 1h 30min
Comedy
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In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try ...

The Naughty Nineties

NR

1945 | 3.4/5 | 1h 16min
Comedy, Adventure, Music, Romance / Love
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Movies with John Grant as Actor(3)

as Geschäftsmann1970 Love 600
as Rescue Party Leader (uncredited)1958 Womaneater
as Calm Soldier at Barricade1943 Corregidor

Movies with John Grant as Crew(34)

Writing/Screenplay1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Writing/Writer1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Writing/Screenplay1954 Fireman Save My Child
Writing/Screenplay1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Writing/Screenplay1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Crew/Additional Dialogue1952 Sailor Beware
Writing/Writer1952 Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Writing/Screenplay1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Writing/Writer1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Writing/Screenplay1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Crew/Additional Dialogue1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
Writing/Screenplay1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Writing/Screenplay1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Writing/Screenplay1948 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Writing/Writer1948 The Noose Hangs High
Writing/Screenplay1948 Mexican Hayride
Writing/Screenplay1947 Buck Privates Come Home
Writing/Screenplay1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Crew/Additional Dialogue1946 The Time of Their Lives
Production/Associate Producer1945 Here Come the Co-eds
Writing/Screenplay1945 Here Come the Co-eds
Production/Producer1945 The Naughty Nineties
Writing/Screenplay1945 The Naughty Nineties
Writing/Screenplay1944 Lost in a Harem
Production/Producer1944 In Society
Writing/Screenplay1944 In Society
Writing/Screenplay1943 Hit the Ice
Writing/Screenplay1943 It Ain't Hay
Writing/Screenplay1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy
Writing/Screenplay1942 Who Done It?
Writing/Screenplay1942 Pardon My Sarong
Writing/Screenplay1941 Keep 'Em Flying
Writing/Screenplay1941 Hold That Ghost
Writing/Screenplay1941 In the Navy

TV Shows/Series with John Grant as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour

Full Name: John Grant
Born: Sunday, 12/27 1891 (December) in Tarentum (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 11/19 1955 (November) in Palm Desert (aged: 63)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Other names for John Grant (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Grant (screenwriter)"
John Grant frequently works together with these people:
Lou Costello (29x, Actor)
Bud Abbott (29x, Actor)
Russell A. Gausman (23x, Crew)
Frank Skinner (14x, Crew)
Bud Westmore (11x, Crew)
Vera West (11x, Crew)
Charles Van Enger (10x, Crew)
Joe Kirk (9x, Cast)
Bernard Herzbrun (9x, Crew)
Charles Barton (9x, Crew)
Charles Lamont (9x, Crew)
Kirk Douglas (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1316594, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/23/2024