Damon Runyon
Cast · Writer
- Born
- October 3, 1880 · Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Died
- December 10, 1946
- Birth name
- Alfred Damon Runyan
Born out of wedlock in Manhattan, Kansas, but grew up in Denver. A close friend of fellow New York sportswriter--and former western gunfighter--William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, who knew the Runyan family in Denver. In the late teens and early 1920s both Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell worked as Runyon's leg men. Buried in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery.
Cast
- 2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelf - Guys and Dolls (archiveFootage)
- 2007A New York State of Mind: Written by Damon RunyonSelf - images (archiveFootage)
- 1966Continental ShowcaseSelf
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1947Daisy KenyonDamon Runyon - Stork Club Bar (uncredited)
- 1932Madison Square GardenDamon Runyon - Writer
- 1926Oh, Baby!Damon Runyon
- 1924The Great White WaySelf
Writer
- 2004Three Wise Guys
- 1994Broadway Stories
- 1989Miracles: The Canton Godfather
- 1989Bloodhounds of Broadway
- 1980Little Miss Marker
- 1980Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt
- 1979Butch Minds the Baby
- 1968Talisman
- 196240 Pounds of Trouble
- 1961Pocketful of Miracles
- 1961Butch passt aufs Baby auf
- 1955Guys and Dolls
- 1955Damon Runyon Theater
- 1953Money from Home
- 1952Bloodhounds of Broadway
- 1952Stop, You're Killing Me
- 1952The Ford Television Theatre
- 1951The Lemon Drop Kid
- 1950Johnny One-Eye
- 1949Sorrowful Jones
- 1949Suspense
- 1943It Ain't Hay
- 1942The Pride of the Yankees
- 1942Butch Minds the Baby
- 1942The Big Street
- 1941At the Stroke of Twelve
- 1941Tight Shoes
- 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
- 1938A Slight Case of Murder
- 1938Straight Place and Show
- 1937Racing Lady
- 1936The 3 Wise Guys
- 1935Princess O'Hara
- 1935Professional Soldier
- 1935Hold 'Em Yale
- 1935George White's 1935 Scandals
- 1934A Very Honorable Guy
- 1934No Ransom
- 1934The Lemon Drop Kid
- 1934Midnight Alibi
- 1934Million Dollar Ransom
- 1934Little Miss Marker
- 1933Lady for a Day
- —Guys and Dolls