Borden Chase

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

44

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-01-11

Deathday

1970-03-09 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Borden Chase

Biography

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Known For

Red River
7.4%

Red River

Sep 17, 1948

Red River
7.4%

Red River

Sep 17, 1948

Winchester '73
7.3%

Winchester '73

Jul 12, 1950

Vera Cruz
6.6%

Vera Cruz

Dec 25, 1954

Bend of the River
6.9%

Bend of the River

Jan 23, 1952

The Far Country
6.9%

The Far Country

Feb 12, 1954

The Far Country
6.9%

The Far Country

Feb 12, 1954

Man Without a Star
6.5%

Man Without a Star

Mar 24, 1955

Night Passage
6.4%

Night Passage

Jul 24, 1957

The Fighting Seabees
6.2%

The Fighting Seabees

Jan 27, 1944

The Fighting Seabees
6.2%

The Fighting Seabees

Jan 27, 1944

Backlash
6.4%

Backlash

Mar 14, 1956

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Crew

1935
Under Pressure as Technical Advisor

Writing

1972
The Bull of the West as Screenplay
1969
Backtrack! as Writer
1968
A Man Called Gannon as Writer
1967
Winchester '73 as Original Film Writer
1964
Daniel Boone as Writer
1964
Gunfighters of Casa Grande as Screenplay
1964
Gunfighters of Casa Grande as Story
1962
The Virginian as Writer
1961
Whispering Smith as Story
1958
Ride a Crooked Trail as Screenplay
1957
Night Passage as Screenplay
1956
Backlash as Screenplay
1955
Man Without a Star as Screenplay
1954
Vera Cruz as Story
1954
Rails Into Laramie as Writer
1954
The Far Country as Story
1954
The Far Country as Screenplay
1954
His Majesty O'Keefe as Screenplay
1953
Sea Devils as Screenplay
1953
General Electric Theater as Writer
1952
Lone Star as Screenplay
1952
The World in His Arms as Screenplay
1952
Bend of the River as Screenplay
1951
Iron Man as Screenplay
1950
The Great Jewel Robber as Writer
1950
Winchester '73 as Screenplay
1950
Montana as Screenplay
1948
Red River as Screenplay
1948
Red River as Story
1948
The Man from Colorado as Original Story
1947
Tycoon as Screenplay
1946
I've Always Loved You as Screenplay
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast as Screenplay
1945
This Man's Navy as Story
1944
The Fighting Seabees as Screenplay
1944
The Fighting Seabees as Story
1943
Destroyer as Screenplay
1943
Harrigan's Kid as Writer
1942
Dr. Broadway as Novel
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect as Story
1938
The Devil's Party as Novel
1937
Midnight Taxi as Story
1935
Under Pressure as Screenplay
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