Gerald Geraghty (August 10, 1906 – July 8, 1954) was an American screenwriter, mostly of Westerns.

Early life and family

Geraghty was born in Rushville, Indiana. His father was screenwriter

Tom Geraghty Thomas J. Geraghty (April 10, 1883 – June 5, 1945), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 70 films between 1917 and 1939. During the 1930s he went to the United Kingdom, where he wrote a number of screenplays. He was born in Rushvil ...

. His brother Maurice was also a screenwriter; and his sister was silent film actress and painter

Carmelita Geraghty Carmelita Geraghty (March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966) was an American silent-film actress and painter. Early life The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty, she was the sister of writers Maurice and Gerald Geraghty. Her father wrote scenarios ...

. Geraghty and his family moved to Hollywood when he was young. He was a graduate of Hollywood High School and Princeton University.

Career

Before he wrote for films, Geraghty wrote stories for magazines. Geraghty first worked with films as a writer of subtitles for the silent version of '' Street of Chance'' (1930). Geraghty also wrote ''Gene Autry Rides'', a Sunday newspaper comic strip that began in 1940 and ended in 1942.

Personal life

Geraghty was married to the former Gretchen Darling, and they had a daughter, Erin. They were divorced on December 1, 1949. When he died, his wife was named Marcia, and he also had a son, He died from a

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Partial filmography

* '' Under the Tonto Rim'' (1933) * '' Sunset Pass'' (1933) * '' The Scoop'' (1934) * '' Bar 20 Rides Again'' (1935) * '' The Miracle Rider'' (1935) * '' The Jungle Princess'' (1936) * '' Wells Fargo'' (1937) * '' Come On, Rangers'' (1938) * ''

Western Jamboree ''Western Jamboree'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ralph Staub and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Jean Rouverol.Magers 2007, p. 124. Based on a story by Patricia Harper, the film is about a singing cowboy who goes up aga ...

'' (1938) * '' Southward Ho'' (1939) * '' Mexicali Rose'' (1939) * '' Blue Montana Skies'' (1939) * '' In Old Caliente'' (1939) * '' Mountain Rhythm'' (1939) * '' Wall Street Cowboy'' (1939) * '' In Old Monterey'' (1939) * '' The Arizona Kid'' (1939) * '' South of the Border'' (1939) * '' Pioneers of the West'' (1940) * '' Young Buffalo Bill'' (1940) * ''

Hidden Gold ''Hidden Gold'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Gerald Geraghty and Jack Merserveau. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Minor Watson, Ruth Rogers, Britt Wood, Ethel Wales and Lee Phelps. The ...

'' (1940) * '' The Carson City Kid'' (1940) * '' The Ranger and the Lady'' (1940) * ''

King of Dodge City ''King of Dodge City'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Gerald Geraghty. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Judith Linden, Dub Taylor, Guy Usher and Rick Anderson. The film was released on Au ...

'' (1941) * '' Badlands of Dakota'' (1941) * '' South of Tahiti'' (1941) * '' Secret of the Wastelands'' (1941) * '' Sunset on the Desert'' (1942) * '' Sin Town'' (1942) * '' Riding Through Nevada'' (1942) * ''

Hoppy Serves a Writ ''Hoppy Serves a Writ'' is a 1943 Western (genre), Western film directed by George Archainbaud and starring William Boyd (actor), William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, the 43rd of 66 Cassidy features. The supporting cast features his regular sidekic ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Falcon Strikes Back ''The Falcon Strikes Back'' ( ''The Falcon Comes Back'') is a 1943 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk and stars Tom Conway as the title character, the amateur sleuth, the Falcon. Supporting roles are filled by Harriet Hilliard, ...

'' (1943) * '' Frontier Badmen'' (1943) * ''

Hail to the Rangers ''Hail to the Rangers'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by William Berke and written by Gerald Geraghty. The film stars Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Owen Atcher, Leota Atcher, Norman Willis and Lloyd Bridges. The film was ...

'' (1943) * '' The Falcon and the Co-eds'' (1943) * ''

The Falcon in Hollywood ''The Falcon in Hollywood'' is a 1944 crime film directed by Gordon Douglas and stars Tom Conway in his recurring role as a suave amateur sleuth, supported by Barbara Hale and Veda Ann Borg. The film was the 10th of 16 in Falcon detective series ...

'' (1944) * '' Frisco Sal'' (1945) * '' Shady Lady'' (1945) * '' Along the Navajo Trail'' (1945) * '' Rainbow Over Texas'' (1946) * '' Apache Rose'' (1947) * '' Wyoming'' (1947) * '' Train to Alcatraz'' (1948) * '' The Plunderers'' (1948) * '' Grand Canyon Trail'' (1948) * '' The Red Menace'' (1949) * '' Riders in the Sky'' (1949) * '' Mule Train'' (1950) * '' Cow Town'' (1950) * ''

Trigger, Jr. '' Trigger, Jr.'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers, his horse Trigger, and Dale Evans. It was one of a series of Roy Rogers films produced by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Roy Rogers *Dale E ...

'' (1950) * '' Sunset in the West'' (1950) * '' Trail of Robin Hood'' (1950) * '' Silver Canyon'' (1951) * '' The Hills of Utah'' (1951) * '' Valley of Fire'' (1951) * ''

The Old West ''The Old West'' is a series of books about the history of the American Old West era, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic specific for the era, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) * '' Wagon Team'' (1952) * '' Blue Canadian Rockies'' (1952) * '' On Top of Old Smoky'' (1953) * '' Iron Mountain Trail'' (1953) * '' Savage Frontier'' (1953) * '' Goldtown Ghost Riders'' (1953) * '' Down Laredo Way'' (1953) * '' Bandits of the West'' (1953) * '' Shadows of Tombstone'' (1953) * '' Red River Shore'' (1953) * '' Phantom Stallion'' (1954)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geraghty, Gerald American male screenwriters 1906 births 1954 deaths People from Rushville, Indiana Screenwriters from Indiana 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters