Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The screenwriter Millard Kaufman, one of the creators of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and nominated for an Oscar for his script of "Take the High Ground!" and "Bad Day at Black Rock", died at 92 years, reported a spokesperson for the publisher.
Kaufman, who successfully debuted as a novelist for 90 years, died Saturday of heart failure, said Laura Howard, a spokesman for McSweeney's Publishing which published his novel Bowl of Cherries "in 2007.
Among the scripts are also Kaufman "Never So Few," "The Warlord," "The Klansman" and "Convicts 4" plus an episode that worked in the television series "Police Story" in the film and television "Enola Gay".
In 1949 he wrote the screenplay for the film "Ragtime Bear", which first appeared Mr. Magoo, an old man of small stature who is in trouble for his poor eyesight, which refuses to recognize. Later, he co-authored the libretto for the short film "Punchy de Leon" in 1950.
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