Description:
Wendell Mayes was born on 22 July 1918 in Hayti, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Death Wish (1974) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). He died on 28 March 1992 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Birthday
July 22, 1918
Born In
Hayti, Missouri, USA
Alternative names
Wendall Mayes
Trivia
Wendell Mayes started out as an actor. He began writing to provide a
part for himself as an actor. An episode he wrote for the Kraft Television Theatre (1953) got
such a good review in a Los Angeles newspaper, that Billy Wilder hired him to
work on the script of The Spirit of St. Louis (1957). He went on to have a very successful
writing career.
