# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garrett-fort
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:11:04.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garrett-fort"
name: "Garrett Fort"
slug: "garrett-fort"
description: "Garrett Elsden Fort was an American short story writer, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter. He is mostly known for his connections with 1930s horror films, with film historian Gary Don Rhodes describing him as \"one of, if not the pre-eminent horror film screenwriters of the classic era.\" He was a close follower of Meher Baba, and travelled to India while developing a screenplay based on Baba's philosophy."
tagline: "American dramatist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garrett_Fort.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-06-05"
deathDate: "1945-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.72
  momentum:             0.4807692307692308
  historical:           6.145105333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287124/"
    handle:    "nm0287124"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Garrett_Fort"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "غاريت فورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جاريت فورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Fort"
    title: "Garrett Fort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Fort"
    title: "Garrett Fort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Fort"
    title: "Garrett Fort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5523889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29807"
    title: "Garrett Fort"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump