John Willard (playwright), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Willard (playwright)

American playwright

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1885

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1942

Profession: actor, playwright, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About John Willard (playwright)

  • John Willard (born Willard Clawson, November 28, 1885 – August 30, 1942) was an American playwright and actor.
  • His most famous written work is The Cat and the Canary (1922), which was made into the influential silent film of the same name in 1927.
  • Also, the work was filmed in 1930, in 1939 (starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard) and in 1979 (by Radley Metzger).
  • Willard also co-wrote The Blue Flame (1920) with George V.
  • Hobart. Willard worked as a miner and a reporter, and he was also a published novelist.
  • He also appeared as one of the actors in the Broadway production of The Cat and the Canary.
  • His other acting on Broadway began with George Washington, Jr.
  • (1906) and ended with The Mikado (1936).During World War I as a captain in the United States Army Air Corps, he flew bombing runs over German machine-gun sites.

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