Background
Trumbo, Dalton was born on December 9, 1905 in Montrose, Colorado, United States. Son of Orus Bonham and Maud (Tillery) Trumbo.
Trumbo, Dalton was born on December 9, 1905 in Montrose, Colorado, United States. Son of Orus Bonham and Maud (Tillery) Trumbo.
Student of University Colorado, 1924-1925, University of California at Los Angeles, 1926, University of Southern California, 1928.
National chairman Writers for Roosevelt, 1944. Founding editor The Screenwriter, 1944. War correspondent United States Army Air Force, Pacific Theater of Operations, 1945.
Convicted contempt of Congress, 1948.
Served in Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland, Kentucky, 1950-1951. Special assignment State Department to United Nations Conference International Organisation, San Francisco, 1945.
Member.; Club: Mulholland.
Married Cleo Beth Fincher, March 13, 1938. Children: Nikola, Christopher, Melissa.