Background
Brennan, Frederick Hazlitt was born on September 23, 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Review Jesse Ketchum and Mary (Sharpe) Brennan.
Brennan, Frederick Hazlitt was born on September 23, 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Review Jesse Ketchum and Mary (Sharpe) Brennan.
Student of University of Missouri, 1919-1920.
Rewrite man and political reporter, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1921-1923. Movie critic, feature and editorial writer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1923-1928. Scenario writer Fox Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Company and First National Films, 1928-1930.
Free lance writer since 1930. Writer fiction for Collier’s, Saturday Evening Post, Liberty, Red Book, Cosmopolitan, American and other leading magazines. Chief writer Wyatt Earp television series ABC network, since 1955.
Author: God Got One Vote, 1927. Pie in the Sky, 1931. We Sail Tomorrow, 1934.
(comedy) “Battleship Gertie,” 1935. (comedy) Stick-in-the-Mud, 1936. The Wicked Book of Brother Barnabas, 1940.
(drama) The Wookey, 1941. Memo to a Firing Squad, 1943. The Time of Roses (drama), 1945.
Libretto, Heitor Villa-Lobos operetta, Magdalena, 1948. Smith’s Life of Jones (novel), 1949. The Irish Lullaby (novel), 1950.
One of Our H-Bombs is Missing (novel), 1955.
Served as captain United States Army Air Forces, 1943, major, 1944, retired 1945. Member; Member Guild of Former Pipe Organ Pumpers. Club: Lakeside Golf (Hollywood).
Married M. Celeste Plank, November 27, 1923. Children: Frederick, Edwin Plank, Marion Celeste.