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name: "James Ashmore Creelman"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 September 1894"
died: "9 September 1941"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:26.028824+00:00"
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# James Ashmore Creelman

Writer. Born 21 September 1894 in Marietta, Ohio, US. Died 9 September 1941.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 September 1894, Marietta, Ohio, US
- **Died:** 9 September 1941
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6128903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187256/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3240

## Biography

James Ashmore Creelman was an American screenwriter. Born on 21 September 1894 in Marietta, Ohio, he graduated from Yale University, where he edited the campus humour magazine *The Yale Record*. He began working in Hollywood in 1924 and wrote for around thirty films until 1935.

Creelman joined RKO in 1929 and contributed to several of the studio's adventure and thriller films. His credits include the screenplays for *The Most Dangerous Game* (1932) and *King Kong* (1933). He also wrote the original story for *The Last Days of Pompeii* (1935) and directed the 1927 film *High Hat*.

Creelman died on 9 September 1941 in Manhattan, New York.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *King Kong* (1933), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong.md)

## Also known for

- *King Kong* (1976), Screenplay
- *The Most Dangerous Game* (1932), Screenplay

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