Albert Hackett

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-02-14 (95 years old)

Deathday

1995-03-16

Place of Birth

Nutley, New Jersey, USA

Albert Hackett

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich. Hackett was born in New York City, the son of actress Florence Hackett (née Hart) and Maurice Hackett. Not long after marrying screenwriter Frances Goodrich, the couple went to Hollywood in the late 1920s to write the screenplay for their stage success Up Pops the Devil for Paramount Pictures. In 1933 they signed a contract with MGM and remained with them until 1939. Among their earliest assignments was writing the screenpla...

Acting

1920

Away Goes Prudence

as Jimmie Ryan

1912

Just Pretending

as Albert Mills - the Little Boy

1922

The Country Flapper

as Hopp Jumpp

1922

A Woman's Woman

as Kenneth Plummer

1930

Whoopee!

as Chester Underwood

1921

Molly O'

as Billy O'Dair

1920

The Good-Bad Wife

as Leigh Carter

1913

The School Principal

as Tommy Moriarty

Production

1946

1959

1934

The Thin Man

as Screenplay

1950

Father of the Bride

as Screenplay

1951

1954

1948

The Pirate

as Screenplay

1948

Easter Parade

as Screenplay

1939

1936

After the Thin Man

as Screenplay

1937

The Firefly

as Screenplay

1936

Rose Marie

as Screenplay

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Screenplay

1934

Hide-Out

as Screenplay

1980

1980

1944

Lady in the Dark

as Screenplay

1935

Ah, Wilderness!

as Screenplay

1946

The Virginian

as Screenplay

1953

1956

Gaby

as Screenplay

1939

Society Lawyer

as Screenplay

1962

1967

1938

Thanks for the Memory

as Theatre Play

1948

Summer Holiday

as Screenplay

1936

Small Town Girl

as Screenplay

1951

1991

Father of the Bride

as Original Film Writer

1995

Father of the Bride Part II

as Original Film Writer

1959

1948

Easter Parade

as Original Story

1934

Fugitive Lovers

as Screenplay

1944

The Hitler Gang

as Screenplay

1958

A Certain Smile

as Screenplay

1931

Up Pops the Devil

as Theatre Play

1933

Penthouse

as Screenplay

© All Rights Reserved 2025