Joseph Hoffman (1909–1997) was an American screenwriter.Shelley p.228

Biography

Hoffman began his career with a bang as a screenwriter in the mid-1930s and was installed as a junior screenwriter at 20th Century Fox. He is credited with writing the story, dialogue, or screenplay for 57 movies, from ''

Your Uncle Dudley ''Your Uncle Dudley'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Allen Birkin, Joseph Hoffman and Dore Schary. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, John McGuire, Rosina Lawrence, Alan Dinehart and ...

'' to '' The King's Pirate''. From the mid-1950s into the 1960s, Hoffman wrote for television, including ''Leave It to Beaver'', ''My Three Sons'', ''The Smothers Brothers'', ''Bonanza'', and ''The Patty Duke Show''. From 1954 on, he also worked as a producer at Screen Gems.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

Bibliography

* Shelley, Peter. ''Frances Farmer: The Life and Films of a Troubled Star''. McFarland, 2010.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Joseph 1909 births 1997 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters