George Wells

George Wells was born on Nov 08, 1909 in USA. George Wells's big-screen debut came with Till the Clouds Roll By directed by Richard Whorf in 1946. George Wells is known for Summer Stock directed by Charles Walters, Judy Garland stars as Jane Falbury and Gene Kelly as Joe D. Ross. George Wells has got 1 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award George Wells achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie George Wells plays is Angels in the Outfield which will be released on Jul 15, 1994.

The son of vaudevillian Billy K. Wells graduated from New York University and began as a writer for radio ('The Jack Pearl Show','Lux Radio Theater'). In 1943, he joined MGM under contract as a screenwriter, rapidly acquiring a reputation for lending a deft touch and inventiveness to light comedies and musicals. Wells won the Academy Award for Best Original Story and Screenplay for La femme modèle (1957), a sophisticated marital comedy starring Lauren Bacall and Gregory Peck. He also co-wrote Match d'amour (1949) with Harry Tugend, an MGM musical with Gene Kelly, nominated by the Writer's Guild of America for an award as Best Written American Musical. He produced several of Esther Williams's films, including La chérie de Jupiter (1955). George Wells left MGM in 1970, penned a few more TV scripts and in 1982 wrote 'Taurus', described as a "'novel of erotic horror".