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Dashiell Hammett (Samuel Dashiell Hammett) was born on 27 May, 1894 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA, is a Writer. Discover Dashiell Hammett's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Dashiell Hammett networth?

Popular As Samuel Dashiell Hammett
Occupation writer
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 27 May 1894
Birthday 27 May
Birthplace St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
Date of death 10 January, 1961
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Dashiell Hammett's Wife?

His wife is Josephine Dolan (7 July 1921 - 1937) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

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Dashiell Hammett Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Dashiell Hammett worth at the age of 67 years old? Dashiell Hammett’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United States. We have estimated Dashiell Hammett's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

The Thin Man (1934)$2 .000 for film rights
After the Thin Man (1936)$20 .000 (original screenplay)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)$8,500
Watch on the Rhine (1943)$30 .000 (adapted screenplay)

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2002

Is the namesake of one of the pre-cogs in Minority Report (2002).

1999

Is portrayed by Sam Shepard in Dash and Lilly (1999).

1982

In 1982 Hammett was the subject of a one-hour prime time PBS biography, "The Case of Dashiell Hammett," which won a Peabody Award and a special "Edgar Allan Poe" award from the Mystery Writers of America. It was written and produced by Stephen Talbot of KQED in San Francisco.

1977

Portrayed by Jason Robards in Julia (1977) and Frederic Forrest in Hammett (1982). Robards won a Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar for his portrayal.

1961

While not credited, his novel "Red Harvest" was the inspiration for the film Yojimbo (1961), later remade as A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (aka "For A Few Dollars More"), When the Raven Flies (1984) (aka "When the Raven Flies") and Last Man Standing (1996). .

1951

In July 1951 Hammett was subpoenaed to testify on the Civil Rights Congress' bail fund, and was jailed for refusing to answer questions. Upon his release from jail, he was presented with a bill by the Internal Revenue Service for $111,000 in back taxes. In failing health, he lived off and on with Hellman.

1945

When discharged in 1945, he returned to New York and became President of the NY Civil Rights Congress.

1942

In 1942 he re-enlisted in the army and was posted to the Aleutian Islands off of Alaska, where he edited The Adakian.

1934

Hammett was encouraged by Hearst to write the "Secret Agent X9" comic strip, which ran from 1934-35, his last original work.

1933

"The Thin Man" was published as a magazine serial in 1933.

1931

He returned to New York in 1931, where he wrote "The Glass Key".

1929

In 1929 Hammett moved to New York. After the success of his novel "The Maltese Falcon", he was engaged as a screenwriter by Paramount Pictures and moved to Hollywood, where he met Lillian Hellman.

1926

After the birth of the couple's second daughter in 1926, Hammett gave up freelance writing and became an advertising copy writer for the jeweler Albert Samuels, but left after six months due to ill health. Forced by his tuberculosis to live apart from Jose and the children, the marriage eventually broke up. Hammett supported himself through writing, chiefly for "The Black Mask", now under editor Joe Shaw. Hammett's long short stories were republished in novel form by Alfred Knopf.

1923

He began to sell detective stories to "The Black Mask" from 1923.

1922

He took a writing course and sold droll vignettes to "The Smart Set" magazine during 1922, and some short stories to other magazines.

1921

In February 1921 he was moved to an army hospital near San Diego. After he was released he married a now-pregnant Josie in San Francisco.

Hammett worked for the San Francisco branch of Pinkerton's, but left the agency in 1921 or 22 due to ill health.

1920

Hammett entered the veterans hospital near Tacoma, Washington, with tuberculosis in 1920. Upon his release he worked at Pinkerton's Spokane branch. Hospitalized again with tuberculosis, he met and courted a nurse, Josephine Dolan.

1919

He was invalided out of the army in July 1919 and returned to Pinkerton's.

1918

He enlisted in the US Army's Ambulance Corps in June 1918 and was posted to a camp 20 miles from Baltimore, where he caught the flu, which developed into tuberculosis.

1915

He joined the Baltimore branch of the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1915.

1894

Dashiell Hammett was born May 27, 1894, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, to Richard Hammett and Mary Bond.