# Roy Chanslor

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{{Short description|American screenwriter (1899–1964)}}
{{infobox person
|name = Roy Chanslor
|birth_date = {{birth date|1899|08|25}}
|birth_place = [Liberty, Missouri](/source/Liberty%2C_Missouri)
|death_date = {{death date and age|1964|04|16|1899|08|25}}
|death_place = [Encino, California](/source/Encino%2C_California)
|occupation = [Novelist](/source/Novelist) <br> [Screenwriter](/source/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](/source/Liberty%2C_Missouri). He and his wife lived in [Carmel, California](/source/Carmel%2C_California). He died in [Encino, California](/source/Encino%2C_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](/source/Front_Page_Woman)'' (1935), co-writer
*''[The Vigilantes Return](/source/The_Vigilantes_Return)'' (1947), script
*''[Hazard](/source/Hazard_(1948_film))'' (1948), novel and screenplay
*''[The Steel Key](/source/The_Steel_Key)'' (1953), story
*''[Johnny Guitar](/source/Johnny_Guitar)'' (1954)
*''[Cat Ballou](/source/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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FadedPage|id=Chanslor, Roy|name=Roy Chanslor|author=yes}}

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Category:20th-century American screenwriters
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:20th-century American male writers

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