- Born Name: George Stenius
- Birthday: 1911-04-17 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Phyllis Loughton (1936-1979)
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- Medium: Screenwriter, director, producer
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George Seaton, 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 couldnt 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, Charleys 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 Heavens Sake, Little Boy Lost, The Country Girl, and The Proud and Profane.But Not Goodbye, Seatons 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 Heres 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.Additional filmographyJunior Miss (1945)The Proud and Profane (1956)Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot (1956)Teachers Pet (1958)The Pleasure of His Company (1961)The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)The Hook (1963)36 Hours (1964)Whats So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)Airport (1970)Showdown (1973)References^ a b Moviefone.com biography^ But Not Goodbye at the Internet Broadway Database^ Love in E Flat at the Internet Broadway DatabaseExternal linksGeorge Seaton at the Internet Movie Databasev · d · eFilms directed by George Seaton1940sDiamond Horseshoe (1945) · Junior Miss (1945) · The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) · Miracle on 34th Street (1947) · Apartment for Peggy (1948) · Chicken Every Sunday (1949)1950sThe Big Lift (1950) · For Heavens Sake (1950) · Anything Can Happen (1952) · Little Boy Lost (1953) · The Country Girl (1954) · The Proud and Profane (1956) · Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot (1957) · Teachers Pet (1958)1960sThe Pleasure of His Company (1961) · The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) · The Hook (1963) · 36 Hours (1965) · Whats So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)1970sAirport (1970) · Showdown (1973)v · d · eAcademy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller (1941) · George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis (1942) · Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein and Howard Koch (1943) · Frank Butler and Frank Cavett (1944) · Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (1945) · Robert Sherwood (1946) · George Seaton (1947) · John Huston (1948) · Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949) · Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950) · Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (1951) · Charles Schnee (1952) · Daniel Taradash (1953) · George Seaton (1954) · Paddy Chayefsky (1955) · John Farrow, S. J. Perelman and James Poe (1956) · Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (1957) · Alan Jay Lerner (1958) · Neil Paterson (1959) · Richard Brooks (1960)Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)v · d · eAcademy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardY. Frank Freeman (1956) · Samuel Goldwyn (1957) · Bob Hope (1959) · Sol Lesser (1960) · George Seaton (1961) · Steve Broidy (1962) · Edmond L. DePatie (1965) · George Bagnall (1966) · Gregory Peck (1967) · Martha Raye (1968) · George Jessel (1969) · Frank Sinatra (1970) · Rosalind Russell (1972) · Lew Wasserman (1973) · Arthur B. Krim (1974) · Jules C. Stein (1975) · Charlton Heston (1977) · Leo Jaffe (1978) · Robert Benjamin (1979) · Danny Kaye (1981) · Walter Mirisch (1982) · M. J. Frankovich (1983) · David L. Wolper (1984) · Charles “Buddy” Rogers (1985) · Howard W. Koch (1989) · Audrey Hepburn / Elizabeth Taylor (1992) · Paul Newman (1993) · Quincy Jones (1994) · Arthur Hiller (2001) · Roger Mayer (2005) · Sherry Lansing (2007) · Jerry Lewis (2009)PersondataNameSeaton, GeorgeAlternative namesStenius, GeorgeShort descriptionscreenwriter, director, producerDate of birth1911-4-17Place of birthSouth Bend, IndianaDate of death1979-7-28Place of deathLos Angeles, CaliforniaRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_SeatonCategories: 1911 births | 1979 deaths | American dramatists and playwrights | American film directors | American theatre directors | Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners | Presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | People from South Bend, Indiana | The Lone Ranger | Cancer deaths in California | Academy Honorary Award recipientsHidden categories: Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadView sourceView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain 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