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# Richard Schayer

Writer. Born 13 December 1880 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Died 15 March 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 December 1880, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Died:** 15 March 1956
- **Also known as:** E. Richard Schayer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schayer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3431196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42064

## Biography

Richard Schayer was an American screenwriter, also credited as E. Richard Schayer. Born in Washington, D.C., on 13 December 1880, he was the son of Colonel George Frederick Schayer and the writer Julia Schayer. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, worked as a journalist and served in the military during the First World War before beginning screenwriting work in 1916.

Schayer contributed to more than 100 films over four decades, with credits including the screenplay for *Trader Horn* (1931), scenario or story work on *Frankenstein* (1931) and *The Mummy* (1932), and the story for *The Cameraman* (1928). He held an executive position at Universal Pictures under Carl Laemmle. Schayer died in Hollywood, California, in March 1956.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Trader Horn* (1931), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/trader-horn.md)

## Complete filmography (113)

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

- *Arizona Raiders* (1965), Story
- *Apache Rifles* (1964), Story
- *Sword of Lancelot* (1963), Writer
- *Gun Fight* (1961), Screenplay
- *Five Guns to Tombstone* (1961), Screenplay
- *The Mummy* (1959), Original Film Writer
- *Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans* (1957), series, Writer
- *Gun Brothers* (1956), Screenplay
- *Top Gun* (1955), Screenplay
- *Fury* (1955), series, Teleplay
- *Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy* (1955), Characters
- *Khyber Patrol* (1954), Story
- *The Lone Gun* (1954), Screenplay
- *The Steel Lady* (1953), Screenplay
- *The Bandits of Corsica* (1953), Writer
- *Cripple Creek* (1952), Screenplay
- *Indian Uprising* (1952), Screenplay
- *The Texas Rangers* (1951), Screenplay
- *Lorna Doone* (1951), Screenplay
- *Kim* (1950), Screenplay
- *The Iroquois Trail* (1950), Screenplay
- *Davy Crockett, Indian Scout* (1950), Screenplay
- *Black Magic* (1949), Screenplay
- *The Black Arrow* (1948), Screenplay
- *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), Characters
- *The Mummy's Ghost* (1944), Original Film Writer
- *The Mummy's Tomb* (1942), Characters
- *The Mummy's Hand* (1940), Original Film Writer
- *The Devil Is a Sissy* (1936), Screenplay
- *Dangerous Waters* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Winning Ticket* (1935), Screenplay
- *The Meanest Gal in Town* (1934), Writer
- *Cocktail Hour* (1933), Screenplay, Additional Dialogue
- *Private Jones* (1933), Story
- *The Mummy* (1932), Story
- *The All-American* (1932), Story
- *Night World* (1932), Screenplay
- *Destry Rides Again* (1932), Adaptation
- *The Impatient Maiden* (1932), Screenplay
- *Law and Order* (1932), Scenario Writer
- *Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1932), Scenario Writer
- *Private Lives* (1931), Scenario Writer, Screenplay
- *Strictly Dishonorable* (1931), Scenario Writer
- *Frankenstein* (1931), Script Editor
- *Casanova Against His Will* (1931), Writer
- *The Spirit of Notre Dame* (1931), Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *Waterloo Bridge* (1931), Scenario Writer
- *Buster se marie* (1931), Writer
- *Just a Gigolo* (1931), Adaptation, Dialogue
- *Parlor, Bedroom and Bath* (1931), as Other
- *Dance, Fools, Dance* (1931), Screenplay
- *Trader Horn* (1931), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trader-horn.md)
- *Forward, March!* (1930), Writer
- *Men of the North* (1930), Writer
- *Doughboys* (1930), Writer
- *Estrellados* (1930), Writer
- *Children of Pleasure* (1930), Scenario Writer
- *Free and Easy* (1930), Scenario Writer
- *Devil-May-Care* (1929), Adaptation
- *Hallelujah* (1929), treatment
- *Where East Is East* (1929), as Continuity
- *Spite Marriage* (1929), as Continuity
- *Wild Orchids* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Flying Fleet* (1929), Screenplay
- *Honeymoon* (1928), Writer
- *The Cameraman* (1928), Screenstory
- *The Actress* (1928), Writer
- *Across to Singapore* (1928), Writer
- *Circus Rookies* (1928), Writer
- *The Law of the Range* (1928), Writer
- *Tell It to the Marines* (1926), Screenplay
- *The Terror* (1926), Writer
- *The Scrappin' Kid* (1926), Story, Scenario Writer
- *The Frontier Trail* (1926), Screenplay, Story
- *The Unknown Soldier* (1926), Writer
- *The Seventh Bandit* (1926), Writer
- *Rustlers' Ranch* (1926), Writer
- *The Calgary Stampede* (1925), Writer
- *The Man in Blue* (1925), Writer
- *Beauty and the Bad Man* (1925), Writer
- *The Hurricane Kid* (1925), Writer
- *The Ridin' Kid from Powder River* (1924), Writer
- *Silk Stocking Sal* (1924), Writer
- *The Dangerous Flirt* (1924), Screenplay
- *The Sawdust Trail* (1924), Writer
- *Ridgeway of Montana* (1924), Scenario Writer
- *Ride for Your Life* (1924), Adaptation
- *Hook and Ladder* (1924), Writer
- *The Thrill Chaser* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *The Ramblin' Kid* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *The Victor* (1923), Writer
- *The Spider and the Rose* (1923), Adaptation
- *My Dad* (1922), Writer
- *The Glory of Clementina* (1922), Scenario Writer
- *The Man Of The Forest* (1921), Writer
- *Black Roses* (1921), Writer
- *The Lure of Egypt* (1921), Adaptation
- *The Killer* (1921), Writer
- *An Arabian Knight* (1920), Writer
- *Li Ting Lang* (1920), Writer
- *The Brand of Lopez* (1920), Writer
- *The Woman in Room 13* (1920), Scenario Writer
- *The Beggar Prince* (1920), Writer
- *The Cup of Fury* (1920), Writer
- *The Tong Man* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *Brothers Divided* (1919), Writer
- *The Illustrious Prince* (1919), Writer
- *Flame of the Desert* (1919), Writer
- *The Dragon Painter* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *The Westerners* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *A Man's Country* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *The One Woman* (1918), Scenario Writer
- *Sudden Riches* (1916), Scenario Writer

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