Acting credits
7
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Paddy Chayefsky
Writing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 19Series: 6Crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 31498
IMDb ID: nm0154665
Known for: Writing
Born: January 29, 1923
Died: August 1, 1981
Age: 58
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 2020
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q180251
Also known as
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky • Sidney Aaron Chayefsky • Sidney Aaron
Other jobs
Writer (8)Screenplay (6)Adaptation (1)Additional Writing (1)Story (1)Teleplay (1)Thanks (1)Theatre Play (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paddy Chayefsky.
5.4
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks
2020 Movie
The Mother
Writer
1994 Movie
Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Writer
1981 Movie
6.7
Altered States
Screenplay
1980 Movie
7.8
Network
Writer
1976 Movie
7.0
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
1973 Movie
6.6
The Hospital
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971 Movie
Gideon
Theatre Play
1971 Movie
6.3
Paint Your Wagon
Adaptation
1969 Movie
6.6
The Americanization of Emily
Screenplay
1964 Movie
7.0
Middle of the Night
Screenplay
1959 Movie
5.6
The Goddess
Screenplay
1958 Movie
6.6
The Bachelor Party
Screenplay
1957 Movie
7.1
The Catered Affair
Teleplay
1956 Movie
7.4
Marty
as Leo (uncredited)
1955 Movie
8.0
Marty
Writer
1953 Movie
6.3
As Young as You Feel
Story
1951 Movie
6.3
A Double Life
as Photographer (uncredited)
1947 Movie
6.3
The True Glory
Writer
1945 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paddy Chayefsky.
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.0
The David Susskind Show
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 3 eps
1953 Series
5.2
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Writer • 3 eps
1951 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
Writer • 6 eps
1948 Series