William P. McGivern, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William P. McGivern

American writer

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1982

Profession: screenwriter, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United States

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About William P. McGivern

  • William Peter McGivern (December 6, 1918 - November 18, 1982) was an American novelist and television scriptwriter.
  • He published more than 20 novels, mostly mysteries and crime thrillers, some under the pseudonym Bill Peters. His novels were adapted for a number of films, among them Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), a noir tale of three losers, starring Harry Belafonte; The Big Heat (1953), starring Glenn Ford as a cop who will do anything to get his man; Shield for Murder, about an honest cop going bad; and Rogue Cop (1954), a film noir directed by Roy Rowland, about a crooked cop trying to redeem himself.
  • The Big Heat received an Edgar Award in 1954 as Best Motion Picture, which McGivern shared as author of the original novel.
  • He also published more than one hundred science fiction stories during the 1940s and 1950s.
  • In the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote for television and film.

Read more at Wikipedia