Cast & creator
Paddy Chayefsky
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Dick Cavett Show, The Philco Television Playhouse
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
Also known as: Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron
32
film credits
8
television credits
9
1945–2020 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Philco Television Playhouse
Writer
1948Film '72
Self
1971
The Oscars
Self
1953
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Writer
1951
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
Network
Writer
1976
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
1973
Monitor
1958
Altered States
Screenplay
1980Altered States
Novel
1980
Paint Your Wagon
Adaptation
1969
Marty
Leo (uncredited)
1955Marty
Screenplay
1955Marty
Associate Producer
1955Marty
Story
1955
The Americanization of Emily
Screenplay
1964
Middle of the Night
Screenplay
1959Middle of the Night
Theatre Play
1959Uprostred noci
Theatre Play
1981
The Hospital
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971The Hospital
Writer
1971The Hospital
Producer
1971
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks
2020
The Catered Affair
Teleplay
1956
A Double Life
Photographer (uncredited)
1947
As Young as You Feel
Story
1951
The Goddess
Screenplay
1958Middle of the Night
Writer
1954
The Bachelor Party
Screenplay
1957The Bachelor Party
Story
1957The Bachelor Party
Associate Producer
1957
The Mother
Writer
1994
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Writer
1981
Gideon
Theatre Play
1971
The True Glory
Writer
1945
Marty
Writer
1953The Bachelor Party
Writer
1953Altered States
Novel