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Paul Dickey (12 May 1882 – 7 January 1933), was an American playwright and silent screen writer. He wrote 17 films between years
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and 1933. He was born in
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and died in
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, aged 50.


Selected filmography as screen writer

* '' The Ghost Breaker'' (1914) directed by Cecil B. DeMille * '' The Ghost Breaker'' (1922) * ''
Tin Gods ''Tin Gods'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play ''Tin Gods'' by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (A ...
'' (1926) * '' Misleading Lady'' (1932) * ''
The Ghost Breakers ''The Ghost Breakers'' is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film version of the 1909 play '' The Ghost Bre ...
'' (1940)


Filmography as actor

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* * * * 1882 births 1933 deaths American male screenwriters Writers from Chicago American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from Illinois 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-stub