---
name: "Augustus Goetz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/augustus-goetz"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 October 1897"
died: "30 September 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:54:58.806125+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Augustus Goetz

Writer. Born 3 October 1897 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Died 30 September 1957.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 October 1897, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Died:** 30 September 1957
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55948066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/237378

## Biography

Augustus Goetz was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Buffalo, New York, on 3 October 1897, he died in New York City on 30 September 1957. He collaborated throughout his career with his wife, Ruth Goetz (née Goodman), whom he married in 1932. They wrote plays and screenplays together for more than twenty-five years.

Their best-known work was the play *The Heiress* (1947), an adaptation of Henry James's novel *Washington Square*, which they also adapted for the 1949 film directed by William Wyler. Other credits include the screenplay for *Carrie* (1952) and the plays *The Immoralist* (1954) and *The Hidden River* (1957). Goetz attended the University of Pennsylvania and had earlier worked in finance before turning to writing.

*Sources: nytimes.com, ibdb.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Heiress* (1949), Fi1m 90, Theatre Play, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *LA HEREDERA* (1994), Writer
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Theatre Play
- *Stage Struck* (1958), Screenplay
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer
- *Rhapsody* (1954), Adaptation
- *Carrie* (1952), Writer
- *The Heiress* (1949), Theatre Play, Screenplay — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/augustus-goetz