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Lesser Samuels (26 July 1894 – 22 December 1980) enjoyed a 20-year career as a Hollywood screenwriter. He is best known for back-to-back Oscar nominations for the racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and Billy Wilder's lacerating critique of tabloid journalism Ace in the Hole the following year.
Lesser Samuels was born on 26 July 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ace in the Hole (1951), No Way Out (1950) and The Silver Chalice (1954). He died on 22 December 1980 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Writer, Producer
- July 26, 1894
- Lesser Samuels
- December 22, 1980
Greenwillow is a musical with a book by Lesser Samuels and Frank Loesser and music and lyrics by Loesser. The musical is set in the magical town of Greenwillow. It ran on Broadway in 1960.
Dec 23, 1980 · Lesser Samuels, who received Academy Award nominations for two screenplays, died yesterday at a nursing home in Winchester, Mass. He was 86 years old and had resided in Belmont, Mass., since 1975...
Lesser Samuels (26 July 1894 – 22 December 1980) enjoyed a 20-year career as a Hollywood screenwriter. He is best known for back-to-back Oscar nominations for the racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and Billy Wilder 's lacerating critique of tabloid journalism Ace in the Hole the following year.
Lesser Samuels was born on 26 July 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ace in the Hole (1951), No Way Out (1950) and The Silver Chalice (1954). He died on 22 December 1980 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA.
Lesser Samuels (1894-1980) graduated with a degree in metallurgy from Carnegie Tech and worked in the steel industry prior to entering the motion picture business. His first scripts were written in London for British films; he was signed under contract by MGM in 1939.
