Description:
John Godey was born on 20 July 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and Johnny Handsome (1989). He was married to Lillian Freedgood. He died on 16 April 2006 in West New York, New Jersey, USA.
Birthday
July 20, 1912
Born In
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse/Ex-
Lillian Freedgood (her death)
Trivia
Began writing at a young age, he wrote novels like A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany, Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today, The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome, The Gun and Mr Smith, The Blue Hour, The Man in Question, This Year's Death, The Clay Assassin, and The Fifth House. His novel The Taking of Pelham 123 was a best seller in 1973 and made into a hit movie with Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw in 1974 and remade in 2009.
