Meade Roberts
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- June 13, 1930
- Died
- February 10, 1992
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Meade Roberts (13 June 1930 in New York City – 10 February 1992 in New York City) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the screenplays for the films The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Summer and Smoke (1961), both based on plays by Williams. In other work for films, Roberts wrote the screenplay for The Stripper (1963), starring Joanne Woodward, by adapting William Inge's play A Loss of Roses and wrote the screenplay for the movie In the Cool of the Day (1963), starring Peter Finch and Jane Fonda, by adapting Susan Ertz's novel of the same name. Roberts also was an actor in two John Cassavetes films: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). Roberts's play A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden (1957) had an off-Broadway run in NYC from November 26, 1957 to January 19, 1958, with Barbara Baxley as Barbara Parris. In 1960, Tomás Milián appeared at Spoleto's Festival dei Due Mondi in Roberts's one-act play Maidens and Mistresses at Home in the Zoo (1958), written specifically for him. From Wikipedia.
Filmography
Blue 1968
Screenplay
Danger Route 1967
Screenplay
The Stripper 1963
Writer
In the Cool of the Day 1963
Screenplay
Summer and Smoke 1961
Screenplay
The Fugitive Kind 1960
Screenplay
Forty Deuce 1982
as Old John
Opening Night 1977
as Eddie Stein
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976
as Mr. Sophistication
The Fox and the Forest 1965
Additional Writing
Sucker Bait 1965
Adaptation
Credits from TMDB.