John H. Secondari
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John Hermes Secondari (November 1, 1919 – February 8, 1975) was an American author and television producer.
Secondari's 1952 novel Coins in the Fountain was made into the 1954 Academy Award-winning film Three Coins in the Fountain and remade as the 1964 Oscar-nominated film The Pleasure Seekers. In 1963, he produced the Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning ABC television series Saga of Western Man.
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[edit] Biography
John H. Secondari was born in 1919 in Rome, Italy. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1939 and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University in 1940. He joined the U.S. Army in 1941 and commanded a reconnaissance unit and a tank company in combat during World War II in France, Germany, and Austria. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of Captain.[1]
Secondari married Rita Hume in 1948, but she died in a car accident on a mountain road in Italy.[2] In 1961, he married Helen Jean Rogers with whom he co-produced Saga of Western Man. They had a son, John Gerry, and a daughter, Linda Helen.[3] He died of a heart attack at the age of 55 in New York City.
[edit] Filmography
- 1951 - Goodyear Television Playhouse (episode writer)
- 1954 - Three Coins in the Fountain (novel)
- 1957 - The Alcoa Hour - "Hostages to Fortune" (episode writer)
- 1957 - Open Hearing (moderator)
- 1963 - Saga of Western Man (producer, writer)
- 1964 - The Pleasure Seekers (novel)
- 1967 - Christ Is Born (1967) (producer)
[edit] Bibliography
- 1952 - Coins in the Fountain (novel)
- 1954 - Temptation for a King (novel)
- 1955 - Spinner of the Dream (novel)
[edit] References
- ^ Curtin, Michael. Secondari, John H. - U.S. Documentary Producer. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ Skoog, Lowell (2001-07-13). John B. Woodward - Personal Communication. Alpenglow Ski Mountaineering History Project. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ Deaths - Secondari, Helen Jean Rogers. New York Times (1998-04-19). Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
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