Age, Biography and Wiki
Lester Cole (Gerald L.C. Copley, J. Redmond Prior) was born on 19 June, 1904 in New York, NY, is an American screenwriter. Discover Lester Cole'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 Lester Cole networth?
| Popular As |
Gerald L.C. Copley, J. Redmond Prior |
| Occupation |
writer,miscellaneous |
| Age |
81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
19 June, 1904 |
| Birthday |
19 June |
| Birthplace |
New York, New York |
| Date of death |
August 15, 1985 |
| Died Place |
San Francisco, California |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Lester Cole Height, Weight & Measurements
At 81 years old, Lester Cole height not available right now. We will update Lester Cole's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
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Who Is Lester Cole's Wife?
His wife is Katharine Hogle (m. 1955–1978)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Katharine Hogle (m. 1955–1978) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Lester Cole Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Lester Cole worth at the age of 81 years old? Lester Cole’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United States. We have estimated
Lester Cole's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Writer |
Lester Cole Social Network
Timeline
He also wrote his autobiography, "Hollywood Red" (1981) and reviewed films for "The People's World" and taught screen-writing at the University of California, Berkeley.
Copley", was made into the popular movie Born Free (1966).
He emigrated to London in 1961, but eventually returned to the U. S. , where he began collaborating on screenplays using an assumed name. One of his scripts, written under the pseudonym "Gerald L. C.
His unfinished script about the Mexican revolutionary general Emiliano Zapata later finished by fellow traveler John Steinbeck for former CP-USA members (and HUAC song-bird) Elia Kazan, who made Viva Zapata (1952) starring Marlon Brando from the script. After he got out of federal prison, Cole worked a series of odd jobs.
Blacklisted in 1950s, during the McCarthy "Red Scare" era. He was one of the infamous "Hollywood Ten".
Cole's politics were on the hard left, and he joined the Communist Party-USA in 1934. Cole adhered to the Hollywood Ten's common front strategy of challenging HCUA's right to interrogate them on the basis of their political beliefs. Convicted of contempt of Congress, he was fined and served one year in prison.
In 1933, the first year of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, Cole and eight other screenwriters, including future Hollywood Ten members John Howard Lawson and Samuel Ornitz, organized the Screen Writers Guild (SWG), the first and most radical of the Hollywood guilds.
Fields comedy If I Had a Million (1932) was made in 1932.
He appeared in Painted Faces (1929) and Love at First Sight (1929) but made his name as a screenwriter. His first screenplay, W. C.
His first desire was to be an actor, and Cole dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen in 1920.
He began writing and directing plays, and in the 1920s and '30s, he worked primarily as an actor on the stage.
Screenwriter Lester Cole, who is known in cinema history primarily as a member of the "Hollywood Ten," a group who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigation into their political beliefs who were black-listed by the industry for their defiance, was born on June 19, 1904 in New York to a Polish immigrant family.
