07-12-2002, 04:22 AM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Screenwriter Ivan Moffat, who shared an Oscar nomination for adapting the novel "Giant" into the classic 1956 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean, has died in Los Angeles at age 84.
Moffat, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the John Frankenheimer-directed thriller "Black Sunday," died on July 4 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Other screenplay credits included the 1958 western "They Came to Cordura," starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth, a 1957 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel "The Wayward Bus" and the 1957 sunken treasure film "Boy on a Dolphin," based on a David Divine novel, starring Alan Ladd and Sophia Loren.
Moffat's biggest career achievement was the 1956 Oscar nomination he shared with Fred Guiol for their big-screen adaptation of Edna Ferber's sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Moffat, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the John Frankenheimer-directed thriller "Black Sunday," died on July 4 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Other screenplay credits included the 1958 western "They Came to Cordura," starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth, a 1957 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel "The Wayward Bus" and the 1957 sunken treasure film "Boy on a Dolphin," based on a David Divine novel, starring Alan Ladd and Sophia Loren.
Moffat's biggest career achievement was the 1956 Oscar nomination he shared with Fred Guiol for their big-screen adaptation of Edna Ferber's sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
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