Garrett Fort

Writer 21 · 1927 – 1974 · 🎬 21 · 🇺🇸 United States

Garrett Elsden Fort was an American short story writer, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter. He is mostly known for his connections with 1930s horror films, with film historian Gary Don Rhodes describing him as "one of, if not the pre-eminent horror film screenwriters of the classic era." He was a close follower of Meher Baba, and travelled to India while developing a screenplay based on Baba's philosophy.

All · 21 🎬 Movies · 21

Drama Horror Action Crime Thriller

Highlights

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

1974

Dracula

Dracula

1963

Inside Job

Inside Job

1946

Frequent Collaborators

Tod Browning

9 shared

Edward Van Sloan

Edward Van Sloan

4 shared

John George

3 shared

Bela Lugosi

3 shared

Bram Stoker

3 shared

Irving Pichel

3 shared

All decades 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

🎬 Movies

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

writer

1974

Dracula

Dracula

writer

1963

Inside Job

Inside Job

writer

1946

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

writer

1945

Bataan

Bataan

writer

1943

Street of Chance

Street of Chance

writer

1942

Among the Living

Among the Living

writer

1941

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

writer

1940

Panama Lady

Panama Lady

writer

1939

The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll

writer

1936

Dracula's Daughter

Dracula's Daughter

writer

1936

Before Dawn

Before Dawn

writer

1933

Panama Flo

Panama Flo

writer

1932

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

writer

1931

El impostor

writer

1931

Drácula

Drácula

writer

1931

Dracula

Dracula

writer

1931

Outside the Law

Outside the Law

writer

1930

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

writer

1929

Applause

Applause

writer

1929

The Yankee Clipper

The Yankee Clipper

writer

1927

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