Cast & creator
Horton Foote
Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, American Playhouse, American Playhouse
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
34
film credits
8
television credits
4
1948–2015 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (42)
Showing 42 of 42 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
American Playhouse
Writer
1982American Playhouse
Theatre Play
1982American Playhouse
Screenplay
1982
The Philco Television Playhouse
Director
1948
The Civil War
Jefferson Davis (voice)
1990
To Kill a Mockingbird
Screenplay
1962
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Writer
1951
Of Mice and Men
Screenplay
1992
The Chase
Novel
1966The Chase
Theatre Play
1966
Tender Mercies
Writer
1983Tender Mercies
Co-Producer
1983
Armchair Theatre
Writer
1956
Hurry Sundown
Screenplay
1967
The Trip to Bountiful
Screenplay
1985The Trip to Bountiful
Producer
1985
Main Street
Screenplay
2010
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Theatre Play
1965Baby the Rain Must Fall
Screenplay
1965The Shape of the River
Writer
1960
Bessie
Story
2015
The Trip to Bountiful
Writer
2014
On Valentine's Day
Screenplay
1986
Lily Dale
Old Horace (voice)
1996Lily Dale
Screenplay
1996Lily Dale
Theatre Play
1996
Courtship
Screenplay
1987
The Habitation of Dragons
Writer
1992
Old Man
Teleplay
1958
Storm Fear
Writer
1955
1918
Writer
1985
Convicts
Writer
1991
Old Man
Teleplay
1997
Alone
Writer
1997
Tomorrow
Screenplay
1972The Trip to Bountiful
Teleplay
1953
Fearful Symmetry
Self
1998
The Displaced Person
Teleplay
1977
Keeping On
Writer
1983
Barn Burning
Teleplay
1980
Almutaradat Al'akhira
Story
1986