Fred Niblo Jr. (January 23, 1903 – February 18, 1973) was a successful American screenwriter. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for the film '' The Criminal Code'' (1931) with Seton I. Miller. Niblo retired from films in 1950 to become a businessman.

Life and career

Fred Niblo Jr. was born in New York City on January 23, 1903. He was a son of Hollywood director Fred Niblo and vaudeville entertainer Josephine Cohan, who was an older sister of Broadway legend George M. Cohan. He had studied at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, before going to Hollywood in 1928. Niblo began his career in 1930 and received an Oscar nomination for '' The Criminal Code'', one of his first screenplays, at the

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in 1932. In a career spanning 20 years, Niblo had about 57 credits, including '' Penitentiary'' (1938), '' No Place to Go'' (1939), ''

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'' (1940), '' Strange Alibi'' (1941), '' Four Jills in a Jeep'' (1944), and ''

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'' (1949). After several years on the Columbia Pictures writing staff, he moved to Warner Bros. and spent the last decade of his career at

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and

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. Niblo was married to Patricia Henry (1910–1998) until his death in 1973. They had two daughters, Moira and Ann, and a son, Dennis. Niblo died at Encino Emergency Hospital in Encino on February 18, 1973. He was interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery.

Filmography

* '' The Criminal Code'' (1930) * '' The Woman Racket'' (1930) * '' The Virtuous Husband'' (1931) * '' King of the Jungle'' (1933) * '' Ladies Must Love'' (1933) * '' Flying Down to Rio'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Fugitive Lady'' (1934) * '' Among the Missing'' (1934) * '' Name the Woman'' (1934) * '' The Hell Cat'' (1934) * '' Operator 13'' (1934) * '' Whom the Gods Destroy'' (1934) * '' Death Flies East'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' Escape from Devil's Island'' (1935) * '' You May Be Next'' (1936) * '' Roaming Lady'' (1936) * '' The Man Who Lived Twice'' (1936) * '' Lady from Nowhere'' (1936) * '' Find the Witness'' (1937) * '' Motor Madness'' (1937) * '' The Game That Kills'' (1937) * '' Counsel for Crime'' (1937) * ''

All American Sweetheart ''All American Sweetheart'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Grace Neville, Fred Niblo Jr. and Michael L. Simmons. The film stars Patricia Farr, Scott Kolk, Gene Morgan, James Eagles, Arthur Loft and Jo ...

'' (1937) * '' Little Miss Roughneck'' (1938) * '' Penitentiary'' (1938) * '' City Streets'' (1938) * '' No Place to Go'' (1939) * '' Hell's Kitchen'' (1939) * '' Waterfront'' (1939) * '' The Cowboy Quarterback'' (1939) * '' East of the River'' (1940) * '' River's End'' (1940) * '' A Fugitive from Justice'' (1940) * ''

An Angel from Texas ''An Angel from Texas'' is a 1940 comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Bertram Millhauser. The film stars Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. The film was released by Warne ...

'' (1940) * ''

'' (1940) * '' Strange Alibi'' (1941) * '' Father's Son'' (1941) * '' The Wagons Roll at Night'' (1941) * '' Three Sons o' Guns'' (1941) * '' Nine Lives Are Not Enough'' (1941) * '' Passage from Hong Kong'' (1941) * '' You're in the Army Now'' (1941) * '' You Can't Escape Forever'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Four Jills in a Jeep'' (1944) * '' Tampico'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' In This Corner'' (1948) * ''

'' (1948) * '' Convicted'' (1950)

References

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* 1903 births 1973 deaths American male screenwriters Screenwriters from New York (state) Burials at San Fernando Mission Cemetery 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-stub