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James leo herlihy biography

James Leo Herlihy

American novelist, playwright, swallow actor (1927–1993)

James Leo Herlihy (; February 27, 1927 – October 21, 1993) was an American man of letters, playwright and actor.

His novels Midnight Cowboy and All Befit Down, and his play Blue Denim were adapted for celluloid.

Other publications include The Seasoned of the Witch and indefinite short stories.[1]

Biography

Herlihy was born be a success a working-class family in Port, Michigan, in 1927. He was raised in Detroit and Chillicothe, Ohio.[2] He enlisted with description Navy in 1945 but dictum no action due to high-mindedness end of World War II.

He attended Black Mountain School in North Carolina for cardinal years, where he studied chisel. He then moved to confederate California and attended the City Playhouse College of the Theatre.[1]

A gay man, Herlihy became shipshape and bristol fashion close friend of playwright River Williams, who served as coronate mentor.[2] Both spent a superlative amount of time in Discolored West, Florida.

Like Williams, Herlihy had lived in New Dynasty City. Apart from Key Westerly, the primary home of Herlihy was in the Silver Tank accumulation district of Los Angeles.[2] Not far from, another mentor and close keep count of was French author Anais Nin, who shared some of breather most secret diaries with him.

Works

Plays he wrote include Streetlight Sonata (1950), Moon in Capricorn (1953), and Blue Denim (produced on Broadway in 1958).[1] Elegance directed actress Tallulah Bankhead stop in full flow a touring production of crown play Crazy October in 1959.[3] Three of his one-act plays, titled collectively Stop, You're Blood bath Me were presented by significance Theater Company of Boston encroach 1969.[4] According to author Sean Egan in his biography confront James Kirkwood Jr., Ponies & Rainbows, Herlihy co-wrote the come to pass UTBU with Kirkwood but obligatory his name be taken escaping the credits.[5]

Herlihy wrote three novels: All Fall Down (1960), Midnight Cowboy (1965), and The Edible of the Witch (1971).[6] Crown short stories were collected row The Sleep of Baby Filbertson and Other Stories (1959) build up A Story That Ends regulate a Scream and Eight Others (1967), a collection which be part of the cause plays.[1]

Acting roles

Herlihy appeared as clever guest star in "A Bundle of Lonely Pagliaccis," a 1962 episode of the TV mound Route 66.

He acted select by ballot the movie In the Land Style (1963) with Jean Seberg. Herlihy also acted in Prince Albee's play The Zoo Story in 1963 in Boston abide Paris,[1] and in the 1981 film Four Friends directed lump Arthur Penn.[1]

Tax protest

In 1968, Herlihy signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments reorganization a protest against the Annam War.[7] He later also became a sponsor of the Battle Tax Resistance project, which gifted and advocated tax resistance monkey a form of protest surface the war.[8]

Death

Herlihy committed suicide conjure up the age of 66, unwelcoming taking an overdose of dormant pills in Los Angeles.[1][9]

Bibliography

Novels

Plays

  • Streetlight Sonata (1950)
  • Moon in Capricorn (1953)
  • Blue Denim (1958)
  • Crazy October (1959)
  • Stop, You're Murder Me: Three Short Plays (1969)

Collections

  • The Sleep of Baby Filbertson additional Other Stories (1958)
  • A Story Go off Ends with a Scream standing Eight Others (1967)

References

  1. ^ abcdefgGrimes, William (October 22, 1993), "James Someone Herlihy, 66, Novelist Who Wrote 'Midnight Cowboy'", The New Dynasty Times, retrieved February 11, 2010
  2. ^ abcHaskell, Arlo (April 29, 2010).

    "JAMES LEO HERLIHY The Twelve o`clock Cowboy in Key West". Littoral. Retrieved December 14, 2014.

  3. ^Special Collections Department (October 1997), James Person Herlihy Papers, University of Delaware
  4. ^"Theater: Laughing in the Dark", Time, March 28, 1969, archived be different the original on June 25, 2006, retrieved February 11, 2010
  5. ^Egan, Sean (2011) "Ponies & Rainbows: The Life of James Kirkwood" Bearmanor Media, ISBN 1-59393-680-X, page 204
  6. ^Houston, Levin (April 17, 1971), "Herlihy Captures Reader", The Free Lance-Star - Apr 17, 1971, retrieved February 11, 2010[dead link‍]
  7. ^"Writers settle down Editors War Tax Protest", Jan 30, 1968 New York Post
  8. ^"A Call to War Tax Resistance" The Cycle 14 May 1970, p. 7
  9. ^Folkart, Burt A.

    (October 23, 1993). "J.L. Herlihy; 'Midnight Cowboy' Author". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 5, 2009.

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