Casey Robinson

Birth Name:

Kenneth Casey Robinson

Birth Place:

Logan, Utah, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director, Script department

Won a Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement in 1968
Graduated from Cornell University at the age of 19
Began his Hollywood career in 1927 by writing titles for silent films
Started out as an English teacher and later worked as a journalist after graduating from college
Wrote his first films, "The Patent Leather Kid" and "The Private Life of Helen of Troy," in 1927
Best known as a B-movie producer and director and as the writer of "Captain Blood" and "Now, Voyager․"
Officially retired from 20th Century Fox and his producing and directing career in 1962, although he did return to the craft briefly in 1975 to write and produce "Scobie Malone․"

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