James Edward Grant

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia James Edward Grant July 2 1905 February 19 1966 was an American short story writer and screenwriter who contributed to more than fifty films between 1935 and 1971 Born in Chicago Grant began his career in the mid1930s developing stories or writing scripts for mostly B movies He collaborated with John Wayne on twelve projects starting with Angel and the Badman which he also directed in 1947 through Circus World in 1964 Support Your Local Gunfighter was released in 1971 five years after his death Grant won the Bronze Wrangler an annual award presented by the National Cowboy amp Western Heritage Museum twice for The Alamo in 1961 and The Comancheros the following year He and William Bowers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Sheepman in 1959 Grant wrote numerous short stories that were published in Argosy The Saturday Evening Post Cosmopolitan and Liberty among others Grant died from cancer in Burbank California He owned a cattle ranch in Winton in Merced County from the 1940s until his death Description above from the Wikipedia article James Edward Grant licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia