A Way With Words

Frank Daniel Gilroy (October 13, 1925 – September 12, 2015) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Subject Was Roses in 1965. Gilroy wrote in the Golden Age of Television for such shows as Playhouse 90, Westinghouse Studio One, The United States Steel Hour, Omnibus, Kraft Television Theatre, and Lux Video Theatre. His entrance to theatre was marked with his 1962 play Who’ll Save the Plowboy? which won the Obie Award (and in which host William Smithers appeared). Gilroy’s works include screenplays for the films Desperate Characters and The Gallant Hours . He has also adapted his own plays for film, including The Subject Was Roses and The Only Game in Town. Gilroy has also wrote fiction, including the novel From Noon Till Three, which was adapted into a film for which he wrote the screenplay and directed. Gilroy also contributed to several TV westerns in the late 1950s, including Have Gun – Will Travel, The Rifleman, and Wanted: Dead or Alive. He also created the popular TV series Burke’s Law. His later credits include Nero Wolfe, a 1977 adaptation of Rex Stout’s novel and The Doorbell Rang as a television movie. Gilroy’s three sons, from his marriage to sculptor/writer Ruth Dorothy Gaydos, are involved in the film industry. Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy are screenwriters and directors, while John Gilroy is a film editor. Frank Gilroy died in Monroe, New York. A Way With Words, by Frank Gilroy (Playing time: 28:22)<br /> Starring William Smithers, Don Stewart and Nancy Kawalek (Little white lies change the lives of three people.) The post A Way With Words appeared first on SANTA BARBARA THEATRE OF THE AIR.