20th-century American screenwriters

English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)

John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. He found widespread fame as Archie Bunker, the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). He later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995), where he played the role of police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. In the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman on Mad About You. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award.

American screenwriter producer (1973—2025)

American television writer and producer (1943–2018)

American film director and film editor (1897–1979)

American political satirist and journalist (1947–2022)

American writer (1928–2004)

American film director

American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981)

American screenwriter and director

American actor and screenwriter (1931-1968)

American actor, film director (1864–1946)

American screenwriter and director

American movie director and writer (1944–2024)

American actress (1966–2006)

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1914–1977)

American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director (1911-1979)

American entertainer (1901–1971)

American film producer (1882–1924)

American film director and screenwriter (born 1973)

American actor (1930–2020)

American animation director

American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009)

American writer and director (1887-1995)

American writer and film director

American actor

American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1906–1995)

Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor (born 1944)

American screenwriter (1960–2005)

American director and producer

American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977)

American silent film actress, model (1894–1920)

American actress (1894-1988)

American playwright, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1963)

American screenwriter (1897-1953)

American silent film actress, singer, model (1889–1946)

American screenwriter

American pornographic film director (1928-2008)

novelist, short story writer (1896–1975)

American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)

American filmmaker

American animator (born 1965)

American filmmaker (born 1959)

American radio, television, film, and voice actor (1913–1989)

American entertainer (1918–2007)

American television writer and producer (1922-2023)

American actress and comedian

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1889-1928)

film director, film producer, screenwriter (1885–1981)

American film director (1913–1972)

American film director, screenwriter, television producer and television writer (1941-2024)

American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor

American comedian and actor

American writer (1897–1955)

American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and television director (1894-1979)

American cartoonist and animator (born 1971)

American film director, actor, and screenwriter (1888-1966)

American film director and screenwriter, born in New Caledonia

American film director, screenwriter, producer

American actor