Lewis B. Patten

Lewis Byford Patten (January 13, 1915 – May 22, 1981) was a prolific author of American Western novels, born and died in Denver, Colorado. He often published under the names Lewis Ford, Lee Leighton and Joseph Wayne. He used the last two names when writing in collaboration with Wayne D. Overholser.

As can be seen below, between 1952 and 2003, for some 51 years (included are 2 extra years in 2002-2003 after his death to follow through with unfinished publications), Patten was indeed quite prolific. During that time, he penned at least 110 novels and a further 3 collections of short stories all mostly in the 'Western' genre of writing.

That he is not better known as a writer is likely due to the fact that Hollywood movie makers were not exactly beating down his door to turn his many writings into Hollywood movies. Indeed only 2 Hollywood movies credit Patten as a source for their movie, the 1956 Movie Red Sundown, and the 1969 Movie Death of a Gunfighter. The later 1971 Movie Long Live Your Death, which featured the noted actors Eli Wallach and Lynn Redgrave, cheated this unofficial Hollywood boycott of Patten by actually being a non-Hollywood so-called Spaghetti Western. The tragedy of Hollywood movie makers just thumbing their noses at Patten continued with the 1969 Movie The Undefeated starring the then famed actors John Wayne and Rock Hudson, a movie which even failed to credit Patten as an inspiration for this particular major movie - see below under 'Films'.

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Vorname:Lewis
Geburtsdatum:13.01.1915 (♑ Steinbock)
Geburtsort:Denver
Sterbedatum:22.05.1981
Sterbeort:Denver
Nationalität:Vereinigte Staaten
Sprachen:amerikanisches Englisch;
Geschlecht:♂männlich
Berufe:Kriminalautor, Kinderbuchautor, Schriftsteller,

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Datenstand: 28.03.2024 21:12:09Uhr