Les Crutchfield

Les Crutchfield

writer

Les Crutchfield was born on Jan 25, 1916 in USA. Les Crutchfield's big-screen debut came with Tarzan's Greatest Adventure directed by John Guillermin in 1959. Les Crutchfield is known for Last Train from Gun Hill directed by John Sturges, Kirk Douglas stars as Marshal Matt Morgan and Anthony Quinn as Craig Belden. The upcoming new movie Les Crutchfield plays is Last Train from Gun Hill which will be released on Oct 23, 1959.

A former explosives consultant and mining foreman who turned to scriptwriting, Les Crutchfield was one of the major writers for "Gunsmoke" on both radio and television (he wrote 81 scripts for the radio program alone). During college he studied chemistry, mathematics, and engineering, but became a prolific writer for the network radio programs popular during the late 40s and 50s, including "Romance" and "Fort Laramie."

  • Birthday

    Jan 25, 1916
  • Place of Birth

    Hutchinson, Kansas, USA