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Millard Lampell (born Milton Lampell, January 23, 1919 – October 3, 1997) was an American movie and television screenwriter who first became publicly known as a member of the Almanac Singers in the 1940s. Early life and career. Lampell was born in Paterson, New Jersey, one of five children born to Charles S. and Bertha Lampell.
Millard Lampell, a screenwriter, novelist and songwriter who survived blacklisting to become an award-winning television writer, died on Oct. 3 at his home in Ashburn, Va. He was 78. The cause was ...
Millard Lampell. Writer: Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II. Millard Lampell was born on 23 January 1919 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976), Saturday's Hero (1951) and Chance Meeting (1959).
- Writer, Additional Crew, Producer
- January 23, 1919
- Millard Lampell
- October 3, 1997
Millard Lampell, an Emmy-winning writer, novelist and songwriter who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, died Oct. 3 of lung cancer at his home in Ashburn, Va. He was 78.
Millard Lampell began writing when he was in college at the University of West Virginia from 1936-1940. In those years and into the 1940s he published magazine essays and wrote scripts for radio. Lampell served as a sergeant in the US Army Air Force during World War II writing and directing AAF radio programs from 1943 to 1946 that aired on all of the major broadcast networks.
Lampell was born in Paterson, New Jersey, one of five children born to Charles S. and Bertha Lampell. He studied at West Virginia University, where he gained his first exposure to folk music. In 1940 he formed the Almanac Singers with Pete Seeger and Lee Hays, later adding Woody Guthrie. Lampell wrote songs with both Seeger and Guthrie, and ...
Millard Lampell, a screenwriter, novelist and songwriter who survived blacklisting to become an award-winning television writer, was a socially conscious writer who communicated in every medium he could: books, songs, public speaking, movies, theatre and television. He wrote about unions and nuclear war, the Warsaw ghetto and life in the Army, Civil War orphans and integration.
