N. Richard Nash
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- June 8, 1913
- Died
- December 11, 2000
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
N. Richard Nash, (1913-2000), was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Philadelphia, he was one of the writers of the “golden age” of television, and the author of The Rainmaker and other plays translated into numerous languages. Often under the name “John Roc” he wrote radical works of which seven have been published in N. Richard Nash Selected Plays. Along with Cry Macho, his fiction includes The Last Magic, Radiance, and East Wind, Rain and the Roc novel Winter Blood.
Filmography
Cry Macho 2021
Novel, Screenplay
Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen 1990
Story
Between the Darkness and the Dawn 1985
Screenplay
The Parade 1984
Teleplay, Story
The Rainmaker 1982
Writer, Director
Dragonfly 1976
Writer
Porgy and Bess 1959
Screenplay
The Rainmaker 1956
Screenplay, Novel
Top of the World 1955
Writer
Mara Maru 1952
Screenplay
The Goldbergs 1950
Screenplay
The Vicious Years 1950
Screenplay
Dear Wife 1949
Screenplay
The Sainted Sisters 1948
Screenplay
Nora Prentiss 1947
Screenplay
Bintang Kejora 1986
Theatre Play
The Rainmaker 1975
Author
Helen of Troy 1956
Adaptation
The Flying Missile 1950
Original Story
Credits from TMDB.