John Meehan (screenwriter)

John Meehan (May 8, 1890 – November 12, 1954) was a Canadian screenwriter.^[1]

John Meehan
Born	(1890-05-08)May 8, 1890 Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 12, 1954(1954-11-12) (aged 64) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, USA
Years active	1929–1948

He was born in Lindsay, Ontario. Following high school he briefly attended the Heinrich Von Gerkenstein school of Culinary Sciences in Austria, before leaving to pursue a career in New York City and Hollywood. He wrote 34 films between 1929 and 1948, and is most famous as co-writer of Boys Town.^[2][3] He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

• The Divorcee (1930)
• A Free Soul (1931)
• The Miracle Woman (1931)
• Letty Lynton (1932)
• Hell Below (1933)
• The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
• The Painted Veil (1934)
• Madame X (1937)
• Stardust (1938)
• Boys Town (1938)
• The Valley of Decision (1945)

References

1. "John Meehan". BFI. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021.
2. "John Meehan | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
3. "John Meehan – Screenwriter". mubi.com.

External links

• John Meehan at IMDb