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James Lee Barrett (November 19, 1929 – October 15, 1989) was an American author, producer and screenwriter. [1] [2] Biography. Barrett was born in 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated in 1950 from Anderson University (South Carolina). Prior to his career as a screenwriter, he served in the United States Marines .
James Lee Barrett was born on November 19, 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Smokey and the Bandit (1977), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) and In the Heat of the Night (1988). He died on October 15, 1989 in Templeton, California, USA.
- November 19, 1929
- October 15, 1989
SIDELIGHTS: James Lee Barrett is remembered as the author of a number of screenplays for both motion pictures and television movies as well as two television series. His works include the popular western Shenandoah, starring James Stewart, and two John Wayne vehicles: the western The Undefeated and the war film The Green Berets.
James Lee Barrett was born on 19 November 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Smokey and the Bandit (1977), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) and In the Heat of the Night (1988). He died on 15 October 1989 in Templeton, California, USA.
James Lee Barrett is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Teleplay, Actor, Creator, and Producer. Some of his work includes Smokey and the Bandit, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Green Berets, Shenandoah, The Undefeated, Bandolero!, The Cheyenne Social Club, and The Quick and the Dead.
The Cheyenne Social Club is a 1970 American Western comedy film written by James Lee Barrett, directed and produced by Gene Kelly, and starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda and Shirley Jones. The film is about an aging cowboy who inherits a brothel and decides to turn it into a respectable boarding house , against the wishes of both ...
May 17, 2016 · 2 minutes to read. Screenwriter. Once described as “perhaps the most prolific hyphenate (writer-producer) in Hollywood,” James Lee Barrett was born on November 19, 1929, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of James Hamlin Barrett and Anne Blake. He grew up in Anderson, South Carolina.
