Damon Runyon

Damon Runyon was born on Oct 03, 1880 in USA. Damon Runyon's big-screen debut came with Lady for a Day directed by Frank Capra in 1933. Damon Runyon is known for Pocketful of Miracles directed by Frank Capra, Glenn Ford stars as Dave the Dude and Bette Davis as Apple Annie. The upcoming new movie Damon Runyon plays is Three Wise Guys which will be released on Dec 08, 2005.

Born out of wedlock in Manhattan, Kansas, but grew up in Denver. A close friend of fellow New York sportswriter--and former western gunfighter--William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, who knew the Runyan family in Denver. In the late teens and early 1920s both Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell worked as Runyon's leg men. Buried in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery.