James Leo Herlihy

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James Leo Herlihy was an American novelist, playwright, and actor best known for writing the novel "Midnight Cowboy," which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film.

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instanceOf actor
human
novelist
playwright
actedIn Midnight Cowboy
surface form: Midnight Cowboy (stage adaptation)
basedOn Midnight Cowboy
causeOfDeath suicide
collaboratedWith John Schlesinger
Waldo Salt
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-02-27
dateOfDeath 1993-10-21
educatedAt Black Mountain College
Carnegie Technical Schools
surface form: Carnegie Institute of Technology
familyName Herlihy
genre drama
fiction
givenName James
influencedBy Tennessee Williams
William Inge
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath suicide by overdose
movement postmodern literature
name James Leo Herlihy self-link
nationality American
notableFor writing the novel Midnight Cowboy
notableWork All Fall Down
Midnight Cowboy
occupation actor
novelist
playwright
placeOfBirth Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Key West, Florida
New York City
sexualOrientation gay
workAdaptedInto Midnight Cowboy
surface form: Midnight Cowboy (1969 film)
wrote A Story That Ends in a Scream
All Fall Down
Blue Hour
Crazy Joe Gallo
surface form: Crazy Joe

Midnight Cowboy
Stop, You're Killing Me
The Season of the Witch
wrotePlay Bad Bad Jo-Jo
Crazy October
Moon in Capricorn

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Midnight Cowboy basedOnWorkAuthor James Leo Herlihy
In the French Style starring James Leo Herlihy
Ratso Rizzo createdBy James Leo Herlihy
Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher workSourceMaterialAuthor James Leo Herlihy
subject surface form: Joe Buck
Ratso Rizzo is a sickly con man createdBy James Leo Herlihy
subject surface form: Ratso Rizzo
James Leo Herlihy name James Leo Herlihy self-link