James Lee Barrett (November 19, 1929 – October 15, 1989) was an American producer, screenwriter, and Tony Award-winning writer.
Barrett, along with Peter Udell and Phillip Rose won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Shenandoah, which was based on his 1965 film by the same name, which starred James Stewart.
Other notable works written by Barrett include the 1965 epic film The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Green Berets, and co-writi...
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James Lee Barrett (November 19, 1929 – October 15, 1989) was an American producer, screenwriter, and Tony Award-winning writer.
Barrett, along with Peter Udell and Phillip Rose won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Shenandoah, which was based on his 1965 film by the same name, which starred James Stewart.
Other notable works written by Barrett include the 1965 epic film The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Green Berets, and co-writing On the Beach.
Barrett was born in 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to his career as a screenwriter, he served in the United States Marines. His first screenplay was based on his teleplay The Murder of a Sand Flea the 1957 film, The D.I., which starred Jack Webb as a Marine Corps drill instructor at MCRD Parris Island.
In 1989, at age 59, Barrett died in Templeton, California of cancer.
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