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Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays.
Birth Name
Sidney Aaron Chayefsky
Born
Monday, 29 January 1923
Died
Saturday, 01 August 1981
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Oscar's Greatest Moments | Self | 1992 |
The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1978 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
The 44th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1972 |
The Hospital | Opening Narrator | 1971 |
Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
Monitor | Self | 1958 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Oscar's Greatest Moments | Self | 1992 |
The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1978 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
The 44th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1972 |
The Hospital | Opening Narrator | 1971 |
Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
Monitor | Self | 1958 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
Marty | Leo | 1955 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - audience bow | 1948 |
A Double Life | Photographer | 1947 |
The True Glory | Commentator | 1945 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Hospital | 1971 |
The Bachelor Party | 1957 |
Marty | 1955 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1977 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Won |
1977 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Won |
1972 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced | Won |
1972 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Won |
1959 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
1956 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Won |
1956 | Emmy | Best Original Teleplay Writing | Nominated |
1955 | Emmy | Best Written Dramatic Material | Nominated |