Jack Natteford (November 27, 1894 – January 7, 1970) was an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He wrote for more than 140 films between 1921 and 1967. He was born in

Wahoo, Nebraska Wahoo (; from Dakota language, Dakota meaning "Euonymus atropurpureus, arrow wood") is a city and the county seat of Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,818 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Wah ...

and died in

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. He was married to fellow screenwriter Luci Ward.

Selected filmography

* '' Cyclone Jones'' (1923) * '' The Virgin'' (1924) * '' On Probation'' (1924) * '' Soiled'' (1925) * '' Fair Play'' (1925) * ''

Wild West The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that bega ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Verdict ''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman as a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer in Boston who acc ...

'' (1925) * '' The Call of the Klondike'' (1926) *''

Moran of the Mounted ''Moran of the Mounted'' is a 1926 American silent western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Sheldon Lewis and Virginia Warwick.Connelly p.388 A northern, it was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the fo ...

'' (1926) * '' The Last Alarm'' (1926) * ''

Sin Cargo ''Sin Cargo'' is a 1926 American silent thriller film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Shirley Mason, Robert Frazer and Earl Metcalfe. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. Plot The film is about a man ...

'' (1926) * '' The Tired Business Man'' (1927) * '' The Broken Gate'' (1927) * '' The Beauty Shoppers'' (1927) * ''

Backstage Backstage may refer to: * Backstage (theatre), the areas of a theatre that are not part of the house or stage Film and television * ''Back Stage'' (1917 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy * ''Back Stage'' (1919 film), a silent film starri ...

'' (1927) * '' Hidden Aces'' (1927) * ''

Lightning Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One or both regions are within the atmosphere, with the second region sometimes occurring on ...

'' (1927) * '' The Ladybird'' (1927) * '' Streets of Shanghai'' (1927) * '' The Man in Hobbles'' (1928) * '' Ladies of the Night Club'' (1928) * '' Beautiful But Dumb'' (1928) * '' The Gun Runner'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Untamed Justice'' (1929) * ''

Border Romance ''Border Romance'' is a 1929 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western romance film directed by Richard Thorpe. An early sound film, it stars Armida (actress), Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie Kane, and Victor Potel. A copy is preserved at the Libr ...

'' (1929) * ''

Dark Skies ''Dark Skies'' is an American UFO conspiracy theory–based science fiction television series. It debuted on NBC on September 21, 1996, and ended on May 31, 1997, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel; 18 episodes and a two-hour pilot epis ...

'' (1929) * ''

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

'' (1929) * '' Two Men and a Maid'' (1929) * '' The Lost Zeppelin'' (1929, under birth name of "John Francis Natteford") * '' Troopers Three'' (1930) * '' The Thoroughbred'' (1930) * ''

Wild Horse The wild horse (''Equus ferus'') is a species of the genus Equus (genus), ''Equus'', which includes as subspecies the modern domestication of the horse, domesticated horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') as well as the Endangered species, endangered ...

'' (1931) * '' Two Gun Man'' (1931) * '' Women Men Marry'' (1931) * '' A Private Scandal'' (1931) * '' File 113'' (1932) * ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', ...

'' (1932) * '' His Private Secretary'' (1933) * '' Fargo Express'' (1933) * '' Neighbors' Wives'' (1933) * '' House of Danger'' (1934) *'' The Brand of Hate'' (1934) * '' 1,000 Dollars a Minute'' (1935) * '' The Lonely Trail'' (1936) * '' The Oregon Trail'' (1936) * '' Ticket to Paradise'' (1936) * '' Heroes of the Hills'' (1938) * '' Come On, Rangers'' (1938) * '' Heroes of the Saddle'' (1940) * '' Pioneers of the West'' (1940) * '' Double Trouble'' (1941) * '' Black Bart'' (1948) * '' Return of the Bad Men'' (1948) * '' Rustlers'' (1949) * '' The Last Bandit'' (1949) * ''

Cattle Drive Droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances. It is a type of herding, often associated with cattle, in which case it is a cattle drive (particularly in the US). Droving stock to market—usually on foot and often with the ...

'' (1951) * '' East of Sumatra'' (1953) * '' The Night the World Exploded'' (1957)

References

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* 1894 births 1970 deaths American male screenwriters People from Wahoo, Nebraska Screenwriters from Nebraska 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1890s-stub