Richard Murphy (screenwriter)
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Richard Murphy (May 8, 1912 - May 19, 1993) was an award winning screenwriter. The Boston, Massachusetts-born writer worked for Literary Digest in the 1930s before leaving in 1937 to work in the short film department at MGM. Murphy's first screenwriting credit was for providing the story for Back in the Saddle, a 1941 Gene Autry western.
After Army Air Force service during WWII when he reached the rank of captain whilst serving in the Pacific arena, Murphy returned back to the States and started working for 20th Century Fox. In 1947 he wrote the award winning film Boomerang! in 1947. He received the first of two Oscar nominations for his screenplay (his second was in 1953 for the WWII film "The Desert Rats"). He also directed a few films before moving into television in the 1960s where he wrote and created television series. Murphy's last screenplay was for The Kidnapping of a President in 1980.
