Early life
Trosper was born in Lander, Wyoming, Lander, Wyoming on March 27, 1911, the son of Ruth Calista (née Edgcomb) and Charles Alfred Trosper. His younger sister was Kathryn Naomi Popper (née Trosper).Personal life and death
Trosper was married to Genevieve Dorothy "Betty" Bolster from 1940 until his death in 1963. They had two children, Julie and Jeffrey. Trosper died in his sleep of a Myocardial infarction, heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California on December 19, 1963, at age 52. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in his home town of Lander, Wyoming, Lander, Wyoming.Filmography
* ''I'll Wait for You (film), I'll Wait for You'' (1941) * ''Crossroads (1942 film), Crossroads'' (1942) * ''Girl Trouble (1942 film), Girl Trouble'' (1942) * ''Eyes in the Night'' (1942) * ''The True Glory'' (1945) * ''The Stratton Story'' (1949) * ''Devil's Doorway'' (1950) * ''Inside Straight (film), Inside Straight'' (1951) * ''The Pride of St. Louis'' (1952) * ''The Steel Cage'' (1954) * ''The Americano (1955 film), The Americano'' (1955) * ''Many Rivers to Cross (film), Many Rivers to Cross'' (1955) * ''The Girl He Left Behind'' (1956) * ''Jailhouse Rock (film), Jailhouse Rock'' (1957) * ''Darby's Rangers'' (1958) * ''Thunder in the Sun'' (1959) * ''One-Eyed Jacks'' (1961) * ''Birdman of Alcatraz (film), Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), which he also produced * ''The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film), The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'' (1965)Awards and nominations
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* * 1911 births 1963 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters Edgar Award winners People from Lander, Wyoming Screenwriters from Wyoming 20th-century American male writers {{US-screen-writer-stub