---
name: "Robert Carson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-carson"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 October 1909"
died: "19 January 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T23:40:18.738068+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."
---

# Robert Carson

Writer. Born 6 October 1909 in Washington, D.C.. Died 19 January 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 October 1909, Washington, D.C.
- **Died:** 19 January 1983
- **Active:** 1937–2018
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1541704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30522

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*A Star Is Born*](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) (78)

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## Biography

Robert Carson was an American screenwriter, novelist and short story writer. He was born on 6 October 1909 in Clayton, Washington, and died on 19 January 1983 in Los Angeles, California.

Carson wrote the original story for *A Star Is Born* (1937) with William A. Wellman and shared the Academy Award for best original story; he also received a screenplay credit with Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker. His other film credits include *Beau Geste* (1939), *The Light That Failed* (1939), *Western Union* (1941) and *Bundle of Joy* (1956). He contributed to television series such as *Studio One* and published novels including *The Revels Are Ended* (1936).

He was married to former child actress Mary Jane Irving. During the Second World War he served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Air Corps, writing training films.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Star Is Born* (2018), Fi1m 82, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born.md)
- *A Star Is Born* (1937), Fi1m 78, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *A Star Is Born* (2018), Original Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born.md)
- *A Star Is Born* (1976), Story
- *Action of the Tiger* (1957), Screenplay
- *Bundle of Joy* (1956), Writer
- *Ain't Misbehavin'* (1955), Story
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), Story, Original Film Writer
- *Just for You* (1952), Screenplay
- *10,000 Horses Singing* (1952), Writer
- *The Groom Wore Spurs* (1951), Story
- *Two Lost Worlds* (1951), as Naval Capt. Allison
- *The Reformer and the Redhead* (1950), Story
- *Once More, My Darling* (1949), Original Story
- *You Gotta Stay Happy* (1948), Story
- *Perilous Holiday* (1946), Novel
- *The Desperadoes* (1943), Screenplay
- *The Tuttles of Tahiti* (1942), Screenplay
- *Western Union* (1941), Screenplay
- *Five Little Peppers in Trouble* (1940), as Jim - King's Chauffeur
- *The Light That Failed* (1939), Screenplay
- *Beau Geste* (1939), Screenplay
- *Men with Wings* (1938), Writer
- *The Last Gangster* (1937), Story
- *A Star Is Born* (1937), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1938: Best Story (won), for *A Star Is Born*
- 1938: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *A Star Is Born*

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

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