Jules Furthman was a magazine and newspaper writer when he began writing for films in 1915. When the U.S. entered WWI Furthman used the name "Stephen Fox" for his screenplays because he thought his name sounded too German, but he reverted to his real name after the war. Furthman became one of the most prolific, and well-known, screenwriters of his time, and was responsible for the screenplays of some of Hollywood's most highly regarded films, such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), To Have and Have Not (1944) and Nightmare Alley (1947).
Known For
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Screenplay
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Screenplay
The Outlaw
(1943)
Screenplay
Nightmare Alley
(1947)
Screenplay
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Screenplay
Shanghai Express
(1932)
Screenplay
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Screenplay
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
Screenplay
Jet Pilot
(1957)
Writer
Morocco
(1930)
Writer
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Writer
Bombshell
(1933)
Screenplay
China Seas
(1935)
Screenplay
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Writer
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Story
Moss Rose
(1947)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
The Masked Heart
(1917)
Story
Souls in Pawn
(1917)
Writer
A Japanese Nightingale
(1918)
Writer
Up Romance Road
(1918)
Writer
Hearts or Diamonds?
(1918)
Screenplay
Victory
(1919)
Writer
The Lincoln Highwayman
(1919)
Adaptation
A Sporting Chance
(1919)
Writer
Brass Buttons
(1919)
Screenplay and Story
Where the West Begins
(1919)
Writer
The Great Redeemer
(1920)
Adaptation
Treasure Island
(1920)
Writer
The Iron Rider
(1920)
Scenario Writer
The Skywayman
(1920)
Writer
The White Circle
(1920)
Writer
The Texan
(1920)
Scenario Writer
The Land of Jazz
(1920)
Story and Screenplay
The Cheater Reformed
(1921)
Screenplay
The Big Punch
(1921)
Writer
The Last Trail
(1921)
Adaptation
Calvert's Valley
(1922)
Writer
The Love Gambler
(1922)
Scenario Writer
North of Hudson Bay
(1923)
Story and Screenplay
The Acquittal
(1923)
Writer
Condemned
(1923)
Writer
Lovebound
(1923)
Writer
St. Elmo
(1923)
Writer
Sackcloth and Scarlet
(1925)
Writer
Any Woman
(1925)
Writer
You'd Be Surprised
(1926)
Screenplay and Story
The Wise Guy
(1926)
Story
The Way of All Flesh
(1927)
Writer
Barbed Wire
(1927)
Screenplay
Hotel Imperial
(1927)
Screenplay
The City Gone Wild
(1927)
Screenplay and Story
Fashions for Women
(1927)
Writer
The Docks of New York
(1928)
Screenplay and Story
Abie's Irish Rose
(1928)
Writer
The Drag Net
(1928)
Writer
Thunderbolt
(1929)
Story
New York Nights
(1929)
Adaptation
The Case of Lena Smith
(1929)
Writer
Morocco
(1930)
Writer
For the Defense
(1930)
Story
Common Clay
(1930)
Writer
Renegades
(1930)
Writer
Over the Hill
(1931)
Writer
Body and Soul
(1931)
Writer
The Yellow Ticket
(1931)
Writer
Merely Mary Ann
(1931)
Writer
Shanghai Express
(1932)
Screenplay
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Writer
Bombshell
(1933)
Screenplay
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Screenplay
China Seas
(1935)
Screenplay
Come and Get It
(1936)
Screenplay
Spawn of the North
(1938)
Writer
Zaza
(1938)
Screenplay
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
Screenplay
The Way of All Flesh
(1940)
Story
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Writer
The Outlaw
(1943)
Screenplay
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Screenplay
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Screenplay
Nightmare Alley
(1947)
Screenplay
Moss Rose
(1947)
Screenplay
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Story
Peking Express
(1951)
Writer
Jet Pilot
(1957)
Writer
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Screenplay
Directing
Production