Walter DeLeon

Walter DeLeon

Deceased · Born: May 3, 1884 · Died: Aug 1, 1947

Personal Details

BornMay 3, 1884 Oakland, California, USA

Biography

Walter DeLeon, a celebrated American screenwriter of immense talent and versatility, left a lasting impact on the film industry, having penned the scripts for an astonishing 69 movies released between the years 1921 and 1953. This impressive body of work not only showcased his remarkable writing skills but also his dedication to his craft, as he continued to create scripts for the silver screen over the course of nearly three decades.

However, DeLeon's creative pursuits extended far beyond the realm of writing, as he also made a brief appearance in a single film, demonstrating his willingness to venture beyond the confines of his typical role as a screenwriter. This multifaceted approach to his career not only allowed him to explore different aspects of the film industry but also showcased his adaptability and willingness to take on new challenges.

Born on May 3, 1884, in the vibrant city of Oakland, California, Walter DeLeon's life was marked by a passion for storytelling and a drive to succeed in the competitive world of Hollywood. His journey ultimately came to a close on August 1, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, leaving behind a legacy that would continue to inspire and influence generations of screenwriters to come.

Career

{"id":33424,"title":"Scared Stiff","year":"1953","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/scared-stiff","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_33424.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_33424.jpg"},"released":1}
1953
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff as Screenplay
{"id":14756,"title":"The Time of Their Lives","year":"1946","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-time-of-their-lives","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_14756.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_14756.jpg"},"released":1}
1946
{"id":14898,"title":"Little Giant","year":"1946","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/little-giant","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_14898.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_14898.jpg"},"released":1}
Little Giant
Little Giant as Screenplay
{"id":70204,"title":"Delightfully Dangerous","year":"1945","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/delightfully-dangerous","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70204.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70204.jpg"},"released":1}
1945
{"id":70282,"title":"Hold That Blonde!","year":"1945","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/hold-that-blonde","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70282.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70282.jpg"},"released":1}
Hold That Blonde!
Hold That Blonde! as Screenplay
{"id":70391,"title":"Out of This World","year":"1945","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/out-of-this-world","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70391.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70391.jpg"},"released":1}
Out of This World
Out of This World as Screenplay
{"id":70681,"title":"Rainbow Island","year":"1944","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/rainbow-island","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70681.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70681.jpg"},"released":1}
1944
Rainbow Island
Rainbow Island as Screenplay
{"id":70855,"title":"Riding High","year":"1943","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/riding-high","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_70855.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_70855.jpg"},"released":1}
1943
Riding High
Riding High as Writer
{"id":82979,"title":"Happy Go Lucky","year":"1943","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/happy-go-lucky-1943","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_82979.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_82979.jpg"},"released":1}
Happy Go Lucky
Happy Go Lucky as Screenplay
{"id":71139,"title":"The Fleet's In","year":"1942","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-fleets-in-1942","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71139.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71139.jpg"},"released":1}
1942
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In as Screenplay
{"id":23206,"title":"Pot o' Gold","year":"1941","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/pot-o-gold","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_23206.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_23206.jpg"},"released":1}
1941
Pot o' Gold
Pot o' Gold as Screenplay
{"id":71584,"title":"Birth of the Blues","year":"1941","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/birth-of-the-blues","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71584.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71584.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":71895,"title":"The Man Who Talked Too Much","year":"1940","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-man-who-talked-too-much","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71895.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71895.jpg"},"released":1}
1940
{"id":71899,"title":"The Ghost Breakers","year":"1940","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-ghost-breakers","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_71899.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_71899.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":72062,"title":"Tugboat Annie Sails Again","year":"1940","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/tugboat-annie-sails-again","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_72062.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_72062.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":32452,"title":"Union Pacific","year":"1939","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/union-pacific","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1240m90jrqo8.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1240m90jrqo8.jpg"},"released":1}
1939
Union Pacific
Union Pacific as Screenplay
{"id":72169,"title":"The Cat and the Canary","year":"1939","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-cat-and-the-canary","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_72169.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_72169.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":83176,"title":"The Big Broadcast of 1938","year":"1938","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-big-broadcast-of-1938","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_83176.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_83176.jpg"},"released":1}
1938
{"id":83180,"title":"College Swing","year":"1938","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/college-swing","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_83180.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_83180.jpg"},"released":1}
College Swing
College Swing as Screenplay
{"id":73128,"title":"Waikiki Wedding","year":"1937","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/waikiki-wedding","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_73128.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_73128.jpg"},"released":1}
1937
Waikiki Wedding
Waikiki Wedding as Screenplay
{"id":73350,"title":"Strike Me Pink","year":"1936","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/strike-me-pink","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_73350.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_73350.jpg"},"released":1}
1936
Strike Me Pink
Strike Me Pink as Screenplay
{"id":73356,"title":"The Princess Comes Across","year":"1936","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-princess-comes-across","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_73356.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_73356.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":73370,"title":"The Big Broadcast of 1937","year":"1936","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-big-broadcast-of-1937","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_73370.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_73370.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":73486,"title":"Rhythm on the Range","year":"1936","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/rhythm-on-the-range","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_73486.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_73486.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":12882,"title":"Ruggles of Red Gap","year":"1935","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/ruggles-of-red-gap","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_12882.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_12882.jpg"},"released":1}
1935
{"id":32596,"title":"You're Telling Me!","year":"1934","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/youre-telling-me-1934","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_32596.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_32596.jpg"},"released":1}
1934
{"id":74098,"title":"Six of a Kind","year":"1934","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/six-of-a-kind","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_74098.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_74098.jpg"},"released":1}
Six of a Kind
Six of a Kind as Screenplay
{"id":83386,"title":"International House","year":"1933","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/international-house","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_83386.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_83386.jpg"},"released":1}
1933
{"id":74894,"title":"Union Depot","year":"1932","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/union-depot","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_74894.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_74894.jpg"},"released":1}
1932
Union Depot
Union Depot as Screenplay
{"id":74975,"title":"A Fool's Advice","year":"1932","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/a-fools-advice-1932","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_74975.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_74975.jpg"},"released":1}
A Fool's Advice
A Fool's Advice as Screenplay
{"id":75014,"title":"Hold 'Em Jail","year":"1932","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/hold-em-jail-1932","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_75014.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_75014.jpg"},"released":1}
Hold 'Em Jail
Hold 'Em Jail as Screenplay
{"id":75063,"title":"Make Me a Star","year":"1932","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/make-me-a-star","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_75063.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_75063.jpg"},"released":1}
Make Me a Star
Make Me a Star as Screenplay
{"id":75069,"title":"The Phantom President","year":"1932","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-phantom-president","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_75069.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_75069.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":75456,"title":"The Big Gamble","year":"1931","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-big-gamble","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_75456.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_75456.jpg"},"released":1}
1931
The Big Gamble
The Big Gamble as Screenplay
{"id":110604,"title":"Lonely Wives","year":"1931","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/lonely-wives","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_110604.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_110604.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":75690,"title":"Night Work","year":"1930","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/night-work","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_75690.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_75690.jpg"},"released":1}
1930
Night Work
Night Work as Story
{"id":75886,"title":"Big News","year":"1929","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/big-news","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_75886.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_75886.jpg"},"released":1}
1929
Big News
Big News as Writer
{"id":76163,"title":"Upstage","year":"1926","job":"Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/upstage","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_76163.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_76163.jpg"},"released":1}
1926
Upstage
Upstage as Story