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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as an actor on radio station WXYZ. John L. Barrett played The Lone Ranger on test broadcasts of the series in early January 1933, but when the program became part of the regular schedule Seaton was cast in the title role. In later years he claimed to have devised the cry "Hi-yo, Silver" because he couldn't whistle for his horse as the script required. Seaton joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a contract writer in 1933. His first major screen credit was the Marx Brothers comedy A Day at the Races in 1937. In the early 1940s he joined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for the rest of the decade, writing scripts for Moon Over Miami, Coney Island, Charley's Aunt, The Song of Bernadette, and others before making his directorial debut with Diamond Horseshoe in 1945. From this point on he was credited as both screenwriter and director for most of his films, including The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Miracle on 34th Street, Apartment for Peggy, Chicken Every Sunday, The Big Lift, For Heaven's Sake, Little Boy Lost, The Country Girl, and The Proud and Profane. But Not Goodbye, Seaton's 1944 Broadway debut as a playwright, closed after only 23 performances, although it later was adapted for the 1946 film The Cockeyed Miracle by Karen DeWolf. In 1967 he returned to Broadway to direct the Norman Krasna play Love in E Flat, which was a critical and commercial flop. The musical Here's Love, adapted from his screenplay for Miracle on 34th Street by Meredith Willson, proved to be more successful. Seaton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay twice, for Miracle on 34th Street (which also earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay) and The Country Girl, and was nominated for Oscars three additional times. He received The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961. Seaton died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Seaton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1911-04-17
- event Death Date 1979-07-28
- school Known for: Writing
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by George Seaton
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987-06-08
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The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
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The Oscars
1953-03-19
movie_edit Directing
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The Country Girl
1954-12-15
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The Country Girl
1954-12-15
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The Country Girl
1954-12-15
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Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18
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Airport
1970-03-25
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Airport
1970-03-25
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The Tin Star
1957-10-23
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Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
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Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
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A Day at the Races
1937-06-11
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The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-17
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The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-17
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The Proud and Profane
1956-06-13
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The Proud and Profane
1956-06-13
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The Proud and Profane
1956-06-13
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Teacher's Pet
1958-04-01
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The Big Lift
1950-04-26
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The Big Lift
1950-04-26
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Moon Over Miami
1941-07-04
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36 Hours
1964-11-26
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36 Hours
1964-11-26
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
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The Winning Ticket
1935-02-08
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Showdown
1973-06-20
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Little Boy Lost
1953-09-21
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For Heaven's Sake
1950-12-15
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For Heaven's Sake
1950-12-15
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25
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Diamond Horseshoe
1945-05-02
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The Pleasure of His Company
1961-06-01
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Junior Miss
1945-06-16
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947-01-04
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947-01-04
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Little Boy Lost
1953-09-21
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Chicken Every Sunday
1949-01-18
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The Hook
1963-02-15
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Apartment for Peggy
1948-09-30
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That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
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The Eve of St. Mark
1944-05-22
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
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Apartment for Peggy
1948-09-30
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Miracle on 34th Street
1973-12-14
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Anything Can Happen
1952-04-03
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The Meanest Man in the World
1943-02-12
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Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13
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Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
1957-03-29
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The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01
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Chicken Every Sunday
1949-01-18
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Teacher's Pet
1958-04-01
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Student Tour
1934-10-05
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952-04-01
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The Rat Race
1960-07-10
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But Not for Me
1959-08-19
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954-12-01
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Somebody Loves Me
1952-09-24
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A Happy Summer
1939-08-03
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A Day at the Races
1937-06-11
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Coney Island
1943-06-18
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Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18
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Diamond Horseshoe
1945-05-02
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Junior Miss
1945-06-16
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Anything Can Happen
1952-04-03
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The Song of Bernadette
1943-12-21
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Rhubarb
1951-08-29
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Charley's Aunt
1941-08-01
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Showdown
1973-06-20
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The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-17
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Miracle On 34th Street
1959-11-27
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The Oscars
1953-03-19