Meet John Doe (1941)

Born in Lake View, Iowa. Story- and screenwriter who entered American film at Paramount with YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN (1930). Other notable credits, alone or in collaboration, include THE BIG POND (also 1930), LEFTOVER LADIES (1931), WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? (1932, uncredited), TERROR ABROAD, THE KEYHOLE and BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS (all 1933), POSTAL INSPECTOR and MY MAN GODFREY (uncredited) (both 1936), THE REAL GLORY and THOU SHALT NOT KILL (both 1939), MONEY AND THE WOMAN (1940), MEET JOHN DOE, SINGAPORE WOMAN (uncredited) and HURRICANE SMITH (all 1941), ATTACK! BATTLE OF NEW BRITAIN and THE BIG BONANZA (both 1944), STILWELL ROAD (1945), CUBAN PETE (1946), THE MICHIGAN KID, THE GUITY and FOR YOU I DIE (also producer) (all 1947), and SECOND CHANCE (1950 & 1953). In 1933, Presnell became a producer or associate producer at Warner Bros. on films for which he did not write the story or screenplay: THE KENNEL MURDER CASE and FEMALE (both 1933), MASSACRE, MANDALAY, GAMBLING LADY and THE KEY (all 1934), MARY JANE'S PA (1935), PAROLE, POSTAL INSPECTOR, THE GIRL ON THE FRONT PAGE and FOUR DAYS' WONDER (ALL 1936), GIRL OVERBOARD, WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG, NIGHT KEY, CARNIVAL QUEEN and THAT'S MY STORY! (all 1937), SOFIA (1947) and GIRL ON THE RUN (1953). Presnell also wrote for television, including episodes for "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950), "Lux Video Theatre" (1956) and "Troubleshooters" (1960). His son, Robert Presnell Jr. (1914-1986), was also a writer who wrote mainly for television.  Nominated for Writing (Original Story) 1941: MEET JOHN DOE (w. Richard Connell) 1 nomination