| Dalton Trumbo  AKA James Dalton Trumbo
Born: 9-Dec-1905
Birthplace: Montrose, CO
Died: 10-Sep-1976
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Other (donated to UCLA Medical Center)
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Screenwriter Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Johnny Got His Gun Father: Orus Bonham Trumbo (d. 1926, pernicious anemia)
Mother: Maud Tillery
Sister: Catharine
Sister: Elizabeth
Wife: Cleo Beth Fincher (m. 13-Mar-1938, until his death, three children)
Daughter: Nikola Trumbo
Son: Christopher Trumbo (TV writer, d. 8-Jan-2011)
Daughter: Mitzi Trumbo
High School: Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO (1924)
University: University of Southern California
Warner Bros. Reader (1934), Screenwriter
Black Panther Party donor
Communist Party USA 1943
Oscar for Best Story 1954 for Roman Holiday (shared)
Oscar for Best Story 1957 for The Brave One
HUAC Hearings
Hollywood Blacklist Hollywood Ten
Assisted by the ACLU
Contempt of Congress 1950 (11 months prison)
Federal Correctional Institution Ashland (1950-51)
Heart Attack fatal (10-Sep-1976)
Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Johnny Got His Gun (4-Aug-1971)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Johnny Got His Gun (4-Aug-1971) · Orator
Author of books:
Eclipse (1935, novel)
Washington Jitters (1936, novel)
Johnny Got His Gun (1939, novel)
The Remarkable Andrew (1940, novel)
Chronicle of a Literal Man (1941, novel)
The Time Out of the Toad (1972, essays)
Wrote plays:
The Biggest Thief in Town (1949)
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