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name: "Tom Kilpatrick"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 November 1898"
died: "11 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T23:28:06.266097+00:00"
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# Tom Kilpatrick

Writer. Born 16 November 1898 in Missouri, USA. Died 11 March 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 November 1898, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 11 March 1962
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111680803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33246

## Biography

Tom Kilpatrick was an American screenwriter. He was born on 16 November 1898 in Missouri and died on 11 March 1962 in Los Angeles, California.

Kilpatrick contributed to the treatment for *Captains Courageous* (1937). He received screenplay credit on *Trapped by G-Men* (1937) and wrote the original screenplay for *Dr. Cyclops* (1940). His other film credits include *The Black Cat* (1934, uncredited contributor), *Whispering Enemies* (1939), *A Man Betrayed* (1941), *Adventures in Silverado* (1948) and *The Palomino* (1950). He also wrote for television series including *Lassie*, *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* and *Maverick*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/captains-courageous.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Fury* (1955), series, Writer
- *The Palomino* (1950), Writer
- *Adventures in Silverado* (1948), Screenplay
- *A Man Betrayed* (1941), Screenplay
- *Dr. Cyclops* (1940), Screenplay
- *Whispering Enemies* (1939), Screenplay
- *Trapped by G-Men* (1937), Screenplay
- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/captains-courageous.md)
- *The Black Cat* (1934), Screenplay

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