Horton Foote photo

Horton Foote

Writing

  • Born
  • March 14, 1916
  • Died
  • March 4, 2009

Biography

Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.

As actor 4

The Merv Griffin Show poster
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Civil War poster
The Civil War
1990
Lily Dale poster
Lily Dale
1996
Fearful Symmetry poster
Fearful Symmetry
1998

On the crew 31

American Playhouse poster
American Playhouse
1982
The Philco Television Playhouse poster
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Goodyear Television Playhouse poster
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
To Kill a Mockingbird poster
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Of Mice and Men poster
Of Mice and Men
1992
The Chase poster
The Chase
1966
Armchair Theatre poster
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tender Mercies poster
Tender Mercies
1983
Main Street poster
Main Street
2010
Hurry Sundown poster
Hurry Sundown
1967
The Trip to Bountiful poster
The Trip to Bountiful
1985
Baby the Rain Must Fall poster
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
Lily Dale poster
Lily Dale
1996
The Trip to Bountiful poster
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
Bessie poster
Bessie
2015
Courtship poster
Courtship
1987
The Shape of the River
1960
Storm Fear poster
Storm Fear
1955
On Valentine's Day poster
On Valentine's Day
1986
1918 poster
1918
1985
Old Man poster
Old Man
1997
The Habitation of Dragons poster
The Habitation of Dragons
1992
Old Man poster
Old Man
1958
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
Convicts poster
Convicts
1991
Alone poster
Alone
1997
Keeping On poster
Keeping On
1983
Tomorrow poster
Tomorrow
1972
Almutaradat Al'akhira poster
Almutaradat Al'akhira
1986
The Displaced Person poster
The Displaced Person
1977
Barn Burning poster
Barn Burning
1980