Lesser Samuels

Q: When did Lesser Samuels die?

Lesser Samuels died on December 22, 1980.

Q: How old was Lesser Samuels when they died?

Lesser Samuels was 86 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Lesser Samuels's cause of death?

The cause of death of Lesser Samuels was natural causes.

Q: When was Lesser Samuels born?

Lesser Samuels was born on July 26, 1894.

Lesser Samuels (26 July 1894 – 22 December 1980) enjoyed a 20-year career as a Hollywood screenwriter.

He is best known for back-to-back Oscar nominations for the racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and Billy Wilder's lacerating critique of tabloid journalism Ace in the Hole the following year.

Samuels also wrote and served as associate producer on the notorious Biblical flop The Silver Chalice - a film which its star Paul Newman deemed one of the low points of his career - in 1954.

Samuels co-authored the book for the 1960 Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow.