John Meehan

Screenwriter, Film writer

1890 – 1954

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Who was John Meehan?

John Meehan was a Canadian screenwriter.

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 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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Born
May 8, 1890
Lindsay
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Nationality
  • Canada
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Died
Nov 12, 1954
Woodland Hills

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on July 23, 2013

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