---
name: "Dale Launer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dale-launer"
fi1m_id: "dale-launer"
imdb_id: "nm0490958"
tmdb_id: 14089
wikidata_id: "Q454289"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 May 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:47:46.466232+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."
---

# Dale Launer

## Identity

Dale Launer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dale-launer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dale-launer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0490958
- **TMDB ID:** 14089
- **Wikidata ID:** Q454289
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Launer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454289, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490958/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14089

Writer. Born 19 May 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 May 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Launer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454289, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490958/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14089

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ruthless People*](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md) (77)

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## Biography

Dale Launer is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. Born on 19 May 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was raised in the San Fernando Valley. He attended California State University, Northridge, where he studied film before dropping out to pursue a career writing and directing motion pictures.

His first produced screenplay was for the 1986 black comedy *Ruthless People*. Subsequent credits include the screenplays for *Blind Date* (1987), *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988) and *My Cousin Vinny* (1992), the last of which he also produced. He wrote, directed and produced *Love Potion No. 9* (1992) and the independent feature *Tom's Nu Heaven* (2005), which won Best Picture at the Monaco Film Festival.

Launer is the son of actor S. John Launer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, csun.edu, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ruthless People* (1986), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Hustle* (2019), Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Love Potion No. 9* (1992), Director, Producer, Writer
- *My Cousin Vinny* (1992), Producer, Screenplay
- *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Blind Date* (1987), Screenplay
- *Ruthless People* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)

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