John Willard | |
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Born | November 28, 1885 San Francisco, California, United States |
Died | August 30, 1942 Los Angeles, California, United States |
(aged 56)
Occupation | Playwright |
Language | English |
Genre | Theatre |
John Willard (November 28, 1885, San Francisco, California – August 30, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright. His most famous work is The Cat and the Canary (1922), which was made into the influential silent film of the same name in 1927. Also, the work was filmed in 1930, in 1939 (starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard) and in 1979 (by Radley Metzger). Willard also co-wrote The Blue Flame (1920) with George V. Hobart.