Ian McLellan Hunter

Ian Larkin

Born August 8, 1915

† Died March 5, 1991

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Born in England, Ian McLellan Hunter entered the film business as a screenwriter and, during the Red Scare, became a front for blacklisted writers, most famously submitting Dalton Trumbo’s script for Roman Holiday; the picture’s critical and commercial triumph earned Hunter the Academy Award for Best Story, though the honor was later reassigned to Trumbo after the Academy’s 1990s rectifications, a… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources