John Meehan
Canadian screenwriter

John Meehan

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Canadian screenwriter
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Screenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
8 May 1890(Ontario, Canada)
Death:
12 November 1954(Woodland Hills, USA)
Star sign:
Taurus
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John Meehan (May 8, 1890 – November 12, 1954) was a Canadian screenwriter.

He was born in Lindsay, Ontario. Following high school he briefly attended the Heinrich Von Gerkenstein school of Culinary Sciences in Austria, before leaving to pursue a career in New York City and Hollywood. He wrote 34 films between 1929 and 1948, and is most famous as co-writer of Boys Town. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

  • The Divorcee (1930)
  • A Free Soul (1931)
  • The Miracle Woman (1931)
  • Letty Lynton (1932)
  • Hell Below (1933)
  • The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
  • The Painted Veil (1934)
  • Madame X (1937)
  • Boys Town (1938)
  • The Valley of Decision (1945)