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Ian McLellan Hunter (8 August 1915 – 5 March 1991) was an English screenwriter, best remembered for fronting for the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo as the credited writer of Roman Holiday in 1953. Hunter was himself later blacklisted.
Ian McLellan Hunter was born on 8 August 1915 in London, England, UK. Ian McLellan was a writer, known for Roman Holiday (1953), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) and The Outside Man (1972). Ian McLellan was married to Alice Goldberg.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- August 8, 1915
- Ian McLellan Hunter
- March 5, 1991
Mar 7, 1991 · Ian McLellan Hunter, a screen and television writer who won an Academy Award for the 1953 film "Roman Holiday," died on Tuesday at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
Apr 14, 2024 · Established in 1992 and named in memory of longtime WGAE member Ian McLellan Hunter, the Hunter Award is presented to a WGA member in honor of his/her body of work as a writer in motion pictures or television. Hunter’s more than 20 screen credits include Eye Witness and A Woman of Distinction.
Jun 26, 1999 · For nearly 40 years, Ian McLellan Hunter was listed as the Oscar-winning screenwriter for the 1953 romantic classic “Roman Holiday.” Then Hunter came clean. He revealed that it was actually...
Nov 4, 2015 · Ian McLellan Hunter (Alan Tudyk) Friend and “front” to Trumbo, Hunter received the Academy Award for best story for “Roman Holiday.” Receiving credit for the screenplay was impossible for ...
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Mar 10, 1991 · Ian McLellan Hunter, a film and television writer who migrated to New York from Hollywood when he became a blacklist target during the McCarthy Era, died Tuesday at a Manhattan hospital.
