Paddy Chayefsky

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

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Gender

Male

Birthday

29-Jan-1923

Age

(103 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As
  • Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky
  • Sidney Aaron Chayefsky
  • Sidney Aaron

Paddy Chayefsky

Biography

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.


Credits

The Hospital The Hospital (1971) Character: Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
A Double Life A Double Life (1947) Character: Photographer (uncredited)
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Marty Marty (1955) Character: Leo (uncredited)
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.



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