John Meehan (screenwriter)

John Meehan (May 8, 1890 November 12, 1954) was a Canadian screenwriter.

John Meehan
Born(1890-05-08)May 8, 1890
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 12, 1954(1954-11-12) (aged 64)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, USA
Years active1929–1948

He was born in Lindsay, Ontario. Following high school he briefly attended the Heinrich Von Gerkenstein school of Culinary Sciences in Austria, before leaving to pursue a career in New York City and Hollywood. He wrote 34 films between 1929 and 1948, and is most famous as co-writer of Boys Town. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

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