Herman J. Mankiewicz

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-11-07 (56 years old)

Deathday

1953-03-05

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Biography

Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953; New York City) was an American screenwriter, who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was the Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the drama critic for The New York Times and The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Herman Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Both Mankiewicz and Welles received Academy Awards for their screenplay. Mankiewicz's younger brother was Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993), an Oscar-winning Hollywood director, screenwriter, and producer. His nephew Tom Mankiewicz (1942 – 2010) was also a screenw...

Acting

1941

Citizen Kane

as Newspaperman (uncredited)

1928

The Mating Call

as Newspaperman

1931

The Front Page

as (Undetermined Secondary Role)

Production

1941

Citizen Kane

as Screenplay

1933

Duck Soup

as Producer

1928

Love and Learn

as Dialogue

1944

Christmas Holiday

as Screenplay

1934

Stamboul Quest

as Screenplay

1949

A Woman's Secret

as Producer

1933

1945

The Spanish Main

as Screenplay

1942

This Time for Keeps

as Characters

1931

Man of the World

as Screenplay

1931

1942

Stand by for Action

as Screenplay

1928

1937

1935

Escapade

as Screenplay

1937

1932

1931

Ladies' Man

as Writer

1942

1935

After Office Hours

as Screenplay

1932

Horse Feathers

as Producer

1930

The Vagabond King

as Screenplay

1929

1940

1932

1952

1930

True to the Navy

as Dialogue

1930

Ladies Love Brutes

as Screenplay

1941

Rise and Shine

as Screenplay

1930

Men Are Like That

as Adaptation

1989

1949

A Woman's Secret

as Screenplay

1928

1927

1927

1936

Love in Exile

as Writer

1933

1932

Girl Crazy

as Adaptation

1933

Fast Workers

as Screenplay

1933

Dinner at Eight

as Screenplay

1927

1926

Stranded in Paris

as Adaptation

1927

Honeymoon Hate

as Dialogue

1927

The Gay Defender

as Dialogue

1927

1928

1928

Avalanche

as Screenplay

1928

1928

What a Night!

as Dialogue

1928

The Water Hole

as Dialogue

1928

The Drag Net

as Dialogue

1931

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as Original Story

1928

The Barker

as Dialogue

1928

The Mating Call

as Dialogue

1928

His Tiger Lady

as Dialogue

1929

The Love Doctor

as Dialogue

1931

Monkey Business

as Producer

1936

The Three Maxims

as Adaptation

1928

Three Week Ends

as Dialogue

1931

Leave The Kitchen!

as Adaptation

1929

The Mighty

as Dialogue

1930

Honey

as Writer

1928

Avalanche

as Dialogue

1928

1930

Honey

as Dialogue

1929

Thunderbolt

as Writer

1929

The Dummy

as Writer

1939

It's a Wonderful World

as Original Story

1932

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Staff Writer

1928

Take Me Home

as Dialogue

1930

Laughter

as Writer

1941

1936

Suzy

as Writer

1940

Comrade X

as Writer

1943

The Good Fellows

as Screenplay

1934

1945

1935

1927

The Spotlight

as Dialogue

1943

1936

San Francisco

as Writer

1935

1937

1929

Fast Company

as Writer

1934

Operator 13

as Writer

1927

Serenade

as Dialogue

1934

The Show-Off

as Screenplay

1929

The Canary Murder Case

as Additional Writing

1931

Dude Ranch

as Additional Dialogue

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