Borden Chase

Borden Chase

Known for

Writing

Born

January 11, 1900

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died

March 9, 1970 (aged 70)

Biography

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Best known work

Red River
Red River
1948
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz
1954
Bend of the River
Bend of the River
1952
The Far Country
The Far Country
1954
Man Without a Star
Man Without a Star
1955
Night Passage
Night Passage
1957
The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees
1944
The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado
1948
Backlash
Backlash
1956

Filmography

  1. 1972

    The Bull of the West

    Screenplay

  2. 1969

  3. 1968

  4. 1967

    Winchester '73

    Original Film Writer

  5. 1964

    Daniel BooneTV

    Writer, Creator

  6. 1964

  7. 1962

  8. 1961

  9. 1958

  10. 1957

    Night Passage

    Screenplay

  11. 1956

    Backlash

    Screenplay

  12. 1955

  13. 1954

  14. 1954

  15. 1954

    The Far Country

    Story, Screenplay

  16. 1954

  17. 1953

    Sea Devils

    Screenplay

  18. 1953

  19. 1952

    Lone Star

    Screenplay

  20. 1952

  21. 1952

  22. 1951

    Iron Man

    Screenplay

  23. 1950

  24. 1950

    Winchester '73

    Screenplay

  25. 1950

    Montana

    Screenplay

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