Biography
Lester Cole (June 19, 1904 – August 15, 1985) was an American screenwriter. Cole 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. Born to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Polish immigrants to the United States, his father was a Marxist garment industry union organiser, and Cole was a dedicated socialist from childhood.Lester Cole began his career as an actor but soon turned to screenwriting. His first work was If I Had a Million. In 1933, he joined with John Howard Lawson and Samuel Ornitz to establish the Writers Guild of America, and in 1934 joined the American Communist Party.
Between 1932 and 1947, Cole wrote more than forty screenplays that were made into motion pictures.
Filmography
all 52
Movies 52
Writer 47
self 2
Screenplay 1
Hollywood on Trial (1976)
Born Free (1966)
Onkelchens Traum (1965)
Operation Eichmann (1961)
Květy a kořeny (1959)
Chain Lightning (1950)
The Hollywood Ten (1950)
High Wall (1947)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
Fiesta (1947)
Strange Conquest (1946)
Men in Her Diary (1945)
Blood on the Sun (1945)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Address Unknown (1944)
None Shall Escape (1944)
Hostages (1943)
Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
Among the Living (1941)
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Big Guy (1939)
I Stole a Million (1939)
Winter Carnival (1939)
Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
His Exciting Night (1938)
Sinners in Paradise (1938)
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
Midnight Intruder (1938)
The Jury's Secret (1938)
Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)
Behind the Mike (1937)
Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)
The President's Mystery (1936)
Follow Your Heart (1936)
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
Too Tough to Kill (1935)
Dante's Inferno (1935)
Under Pressure (1935)
Nothing More Than a Woman (1934)
Pursued (1934)
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Wild Gold (1934)
Three on a Honeymoon (1934)
Sleepers East (1934)
Walls of Gold (1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
If I Had a Million (1932)
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-06-19
Deathday1985-08-15 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJ. Redmond Prior, Lewis Copley, Gerald L.C. Copley
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