Writing

Irving Wallace

Born — Died

1916-03-19 — 1990-06-20

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

15 titles

Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme. From Wikipedia.

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Mike Douglas Show poster
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The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Burning Hills poster
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When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.

The Burning Hills

1956

The West Point Story poster
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A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.

The West Point Story

1950

Gun Fury poster
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After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off with his fiancée. Warren follows, and although none of the townspeople he comes across are prepared to help, he recruits two others who have sworn revenge on the ruthless Slayton.

Gun Fury

1953

Jump Into Hell poster
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Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one of the first films to deal with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam or, as it was still known in 1955, French IndoChina.

Jump Into Hell

1955

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Burning Hills poster
6.1

When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.

The Burning Hills

1956

The West Point Story poster
5.8

A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.

The West Point Story

1950

Gun Fury poster
6.1

After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off with his fiancée. Warren follows, and although none of the townspeople he comes across are prepared to help, he recruits two others who have sworn revenge on the ruthless Slayton.

Gun Fury

1953

Jump Into Hell poster
4.2

Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one of the first films to deal with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam or, as it was still known in 1955, French IndoChina.

Jump Into Hell

1955

Meet Me at the Fair poster
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In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know that her fiancée is one of the politicians responsible. Tad wants to stay with his new friend Doc, who is attracted to Zerelda, to the discomfiture of his old flame Clara...all amid nostalgic musical numbers.

Meet Me at the Fair

1953

Bombers B-52 poster
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Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

Bombers B-52

1957

The Gambler from Natchez poster
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A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his father.

The Gambler from Natchez

1954

Bad for Each Other poster
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A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.

Bad for Each Other

1953

The Big Circus poster
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A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.

The Big Circus

1959

Split Second poster
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Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.

Split Second

1953

Desert Legion poster
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A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

Desert Legion

1953

Sincerely Yours poster
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He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only starring film, Sincerely Yours. In a poignant story scripted by Irving Wallace, Liberace plays a concert pianist threatened by deafness. Plunged into despair, he finds escape from personal sorrow by secretly involving himself in the problems of strangers. Liberace touches the heart and delights the ear with sparkling renditions of 31 selections from Chopin to Chopsticks. Along the way he romances Joanne Dru and Dorothy Malone, trades barbs with old pro William Demarest and in a warmly humorous nightclub scene, pokes fun at his own image as the 1950s matinee idol of the little-old-lady set. From beginning to end, Sincerely Yours perfectly captures the charisma and sheer musicality of the legendary Mr. Showmanship.

Sincerely Yours

1955

Jive Junction poster
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A young classical musician becomes the conductor a high-school all-girl jive band to entertain the troops.

Jive Junction

1943