Dalton Trumbo
Writing
10
Acting Credits
2
Directed
Biography
James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds o...
Known For
Papillon
Commandant (uncredited)
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)
Johnny Got His Gun
Orator
Johnny Got His Gun
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
The Prowler
John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024
as Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Imminent Threat
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
2006
as Himself
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Papillon
1973
as Commandant (uncredited)
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
as Orator
The Prowler
1951
as John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Ten
1950
as Self