---
name: "John Patrick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-patrick-69393"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 May 1905"
died: "7 November 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T02:48:17.819817+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."
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# John Patrick

Writer. Born 17 May 1905 in Louisville. Died 7 November 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 May 1905, Louisville
- **Died:** 7 November 1995
- **Active:** 1954–1997
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 60 (2), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patrick_(dramatist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4347021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665875/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69393

## Biography

John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born John Patrick Goggin in Louisville, Kentucky, he began his career in radio before writing for the stage and screen.

His plays include *The Hasty Heart* (1945) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning *The Teahouse of the August Moon* (1953). He adapted several of his works for film and wrote screenplays for *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), *High Society* (1956), *Les Girls* (1957) and *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Scream 2* (1997), Fi1m 74, as Reporter #3 — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)
- *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Fi1m 60, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Weird Christmas* (2006), Theatre Play
- *Záhadná paní Savageová* (1998), Theatre Play
- *Scream 2* (1997), as Reporter #3 — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md)
- *Bohatství slečny Kronkiové* (1997), Theatre Play
- *Dear Pamela* (1985), Author
- *The Hasty Heart* (1983), Writer
- *The Strange Mrs. Savage* (1976), Author
- *The Small Miracle* (1973), Teleplay
- *The Shoes of the Fisherman* (1968), Screenplay
- *Gigot* (1962), Writer
- *The Main Attraction* (1962), Writer
- *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960), Writer
- *Some Came Running* (1958), Screenplay
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), series, Story
- *Les Girls* (1957), Writer
- *The Teahouse of the August Moon* (1957), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer* (1956), Screenplay
- *High Society* (1956), Screenplay
- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Screenplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)
- *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Screenplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md)
- *The President's Lady* (1953), Writer
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Writer
- *The Hasty Heart* (1949), Theatre Play
- *Enchantment* (1948), Screenplay
- *Second Chance* (1947), Story
- *Framed* (1947), Story
- *Up the River* (1938), Screenplay
- *Mr. Moto Takes a Chance* (1938), Screenplay
- *Battle of Broadway* (1938), Screenplay
- *International Settlement* (1938), Writer
- *Big Town Girl* (1937), Writer
- *One Mile from Heaven* (1937), Screenplay
- *Born Reckless* (1937), Screenplay
- *Sing and Be Happy* (1937), Writer
- *Midnight Taxi* (1937), Screenplay
- *Time Out for Romance* (1937), Screenplay
- *The Holy Terror* (1937), Screenplay
- *15 Maiden Lane* (1936), Screenplay
- *High Tension* (1936), Writer
- *Educating Father* (1936), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1947: Best Story (nominated), for *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1954: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (won), for *The Teahouse of the August Moon*
- Tony Award for Best Play 1954: Tony Award for Best Play (won), for *The Teahouse of the August Moon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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