Charles Lederer

Charles Lederer

Writer 34 / Director 4 · 1937 – 2002 · 🎬 38

Charles Davies Lederer was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers.

All · 38 🎬 Movies · 38

drama film musical film Romantic Comedy crime film comedy film

Highlights

It Started with a Kiss

1959

Never Steal Anything Small

1959

Never Steal Anything Small

1959

Frequent Collaborators

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

9 shared

Howard Hawks

8 shared

Bess Flowers

4 shared

Victor Mature

3 shared

Cary Grant

3 shared

Marilyn Monroe

3 shared

All decades 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

It Started with a Kiss

writer

1959

Never Steal Anything Small

director

1959

Never Steal Anything Small

writer

1959

The Fiend Who Walked the West

writer

1958

Tip on a Dead Jockey

writer

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

writer

1957

Gaby

writer

1956

Kismet

writer

1955

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

writer

1954

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

writer

1952

O. Henry's Full House

writer

1952

Fearless Fagan

writer

1952

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World

writer

1951

On the Loose

director

1951

Kiss of Death

writer

1950

I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

writer

1950

Wabash Avenue

writer

1950

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