{{Short description|American screenwriter (1899–1964)}} {{infobox person |name = Roy Chanslor |birth_date = {{birth date|1899|08|25}} |birth_place = Liberty, Missouri |death_date = {{death date and age|1964|04|16|1899|08|25}} |death_place = Encino, California |occupation = Novelist <br> Screenwriter }} '''Roy Chanslor''' (August 25, 1899 – April 16, 1964) was a novelist and screenwriter. Several of his works were filmed.<ref name=nyt>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/17/archives/roy-chansior-64-wrote-screenplays-for-30-years.html|title=Roy Chansior, 64, Wrote Screenplays for 30 Years|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 17, 1964}}</ref> Chanslor was born in Liberty, Missouri. He and his wife lived in Carmel, California. He died in Encino, California.<ref name=nyt/>
==Written works== *''Johnny Guitar'' (1954) *''The Trouble With Paradise'' (1954) *''The Naked I'' (1953)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/roy-chanslor/the-naked-i/|title=Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction|website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref> *''The Ballad of Cat Ballou'' (1956)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87911871|title=Chanslor, Roy 1899-1964 [WorldCat Identities]}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Front Page Woman'' (1935), co-writer *''The Vigilantes Return'' (1947), script *''Hazard'' (1948), novel and screenplay *''The Steel Key'' (1953), story *''Johnny Guitar'' (1954) *''Cat Ballou'' (1965)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa3055d4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110219/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa3055d4|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2019|title=Roy Chanslor|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/0004484/cat-ballou|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420111322/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/0004484/cat-ballou|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2021|title=Cat Ballou|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{FadedPage|id=Chanslor, Roy|name=Roy Chanslor|author=yes}}
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