Ranald MacDougall

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-03-10 (58 years old)

Deathday

1973-12-12

Place of Birth

Schenectady, New York, USA

Ranald MacDougall

Biography

Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 – December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Unsuspected (1947), June Bride (1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954), and shared screenwriting credit for 1963's Cleopatra. He also directed a number of films, including 1957's Man on Fire with Bing Crosby and 1959's The World, the Flesh and the Devil, both of which featured actress Inger Stevens. Born in Schenectady, New York, MacDougall came from an impoverished working-class family. His father was a crane operator and union organizer, whose frequent strikes forced MacDougall to leave school before finishi...

Production

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Screenplay

1957

Man on Fire

as Director

1947

Possessed

as Screenplay

1955

We're No Angels

as Screenplay

1963

Cleopatra

as Screenplay

1968

Dark of the Sun

as Screenplay

1955

Queen Bee

as Director

1954

Secret of the Incas

as Screenplay

1947

The Unsuspected

as Screenplay

1945

Objective, Burma!

as Screenplay

1954

The Naked Jungle

as Screenplay

1950

1949

The Hasty Heart

as Screenplay

1948

June Bride

as Screenplay

1968

Jigsaw

as Producer

1961

1957

Man on Fire

as Screenplay

1960

1961

1950

Bright Leaf

as Screenplay

1972

Magic Carpet

as Writer

1972

Magic Carpet

as Producer

1956

The Mountain

as Screenplay

1989

We're No Angels

as Original Film Writer

1973

That Man Bolt

as Screenplay

1955

Queen Bee

as Screenplay

1950

Stage Fright

as Additional Writing

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