Biography
John Gay was an American screenwriter. Born in Whittier, California, on 1 April 1924, he began his career writing for television anthology series during the Golden Age of Television before making his film debut with the screenplay for Run Silent, Run Deep (1958).
His film credits include Separate Tables (1958), for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Terence Rattigan, The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), The Hallelujah Trail (1965), No Way to Treat a Lady (1968), Soldier Blue (1970) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). He also wrote numerous television adaptations of literary works, including Ivanhoe (1982) and Around the World in 80 Days (1989).
Gay served on the board of the Writers Guild of America West and received its Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement in 1984. He died in Santa Monica, California, on 4 February 2017.
