How to Pronounce William Templeton (screenwriter)
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Jun 07, 1913 Died on 23 Oct 1973 (aged 60)
Scottish playwright and screenwriter
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About William Templeton Screenwriter
- William Pettigrew Templeton (7 June 1913 – 23 October 1973) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter who made a major contribution to the Golden Age of Television writing a string of episodic dramas for American prime time television during the 1950s and 1960s, a time when many hour-long anthology drama series received wide critical acclaim.
- Templeton had a long film career both in the UK and the US.
- His adaptation of The Fallen Idol (also known as The Lost Illusion) a 1948 film with Ralph Richardson directed by Carol Reed and based on the short story The Basement Room by Graham Greene was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won a BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
