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Wendell Mayes

Wendell Curran Mayes (July 21, 1919 – March 28, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter.

Wendell Mayes

July 21, 1919

March 28, 1992 (aged 72)

1955–1992

Phyllis Manning (m 1949–1992; his death)

Background[edit]

Wendell Curran Mayes was born on July 21, 1919, in Hayti, Missouri. His father, Von Mayes, was a lawyer, and his mother, Irene (née Haynes), was a teacher. Wendell attended primary school in Caruthersville, Missouri; Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee;[1] and Central College in Fayette, Missouri.[2] He had one year of law school at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Personal life and death[edit]

Wendell Mayes died of cancer aged 72 on March 28, 1992, in Santa Monica, California.[6] His last script was Criminal Behavior which starred Farrah Fawcett.[7][8]

(with Billy Wilder and Charles Lederer), Warner Brothers, 1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957

The Enemy Below

, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957

The Way to the Gold

(also known as Manhunt) (with Robert Buckner), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958

From Hell to Texas

, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958

The Hunters

(with Halsted Welles), Warner Brothers, 1959

The Hanging Tree

, Columbia, 1959

Anatomy of a Murder

(with John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin, and Claude Binyon), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960

North to Alaska

, Columbia, 1962

Advise and Consent

(with Joseph Landon), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965

Von Ryan's Express

, Paramount, 1965

In Harm's Way

, Warner Brothers, 1967

Hotel

(with Alvin Sargent), National General Pictures,1968

The Stalking Moon

, National General Pictures, 1972

The Revengers

(with Stirling Silliphant), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972

The Poseidon Adventure

, Paramount, 1974

Death Wish

, United Artists, 1974

Bank Shot

, Avco-Embassy, 1978

Go Tell the Spartans

(with John Melson), Associated Film Distribution,1979

Love and Bullets

, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982

Monsignor

Screenwriting credits include:

at IMDb

Wendell Mayes

Wendell Mayes biography