Paul Donaldson King (July 14, 1926 – July 10, 1996) was an American
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
. He was nominated for an
Academy Award in the category
Best Original Screenplay for the film ''
Operation Petticoat''.
King died in July 1996 of
cancer at his home in
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island, Newport ...
, at the age of 69.
He was interred at
Pacific View Memorial Park in
Corona del Mar, Newport Beach.
Selected filmography
* ''
Operation Petticoat'' (1959; co-nominated with
Stanley Shapiro,
Maurice Richlin and Joseph Stone)
References
External links
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1926 births
1996 deaths
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
American male screenwriters
American male television writers
American television producers
American television writers
Burials at Pacific View Memorial Park
Deaths from cancer in California
Loyola Marymount University alumni
Screenwriters from California
Television producers from California
University of Southern California alumni
Writers from Los Angeles
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