Lester Cole
American screenwriter (1904-1985) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
Lester Cole was an American screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors who were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted for their refusal to testify regarding their alleged involvement with the Communist Party.
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Nan Grey Also in Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)
Joe May Directed The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Frank Tuttle Directed I Stole a Million and Hostages
Stuart Heisler Directed Among the Living and Chain Lightning
Kenneth MacKenna Directed Walls of Gold and Sleepers East
Sol C. Siegel Produced Among the Living and Pacific Blackout- Ralph Murphy Directed Pacific Blackout (1941)
- Nathanael West Also in Follow Your Heart (1936)
Alan Napier Lester wrote The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Jonathan Hale Lester wrote The Big Guy and Too Tough to Kill
Roger Imhof Also in Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
Frank Lloyd Directed Blood on the Sun (1945)
Raoul Walsh Directed Objective, Burma! (1945)
Jack L. Warner Produced Objective, Burma! (1945)
Lloyd Bacon Directed Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Sam Jaffe Produced Born Free (1966)
Cecil Kellaway Lester wrote The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Curt Siodmak Also in The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Irving Bacon Lester wrote I Stole a Million (1939)
Warner Anderson Also in Objective, Burma! and High Wall
Barbara Read Also in Midnight Intruder (1938)
Suzanne Kaaren Also in Sleepers East and Wild Gold
Edward Sloman Directed The Jury's Secret (1938)
Carl Dreher Also in The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
Also in Deutsch
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1985 · aged 81
