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Borden Chase
Writer

Borden Chase

Born January 11, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died March 9, 1970

9 films

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.

Awards

0 wins, 1 nomination

Filmography 9

Night Passage (1957) movie poster
Night Passage1957
Backlash (1956) movie poster
Backlash1956
Man Without a Star (1955) movie poster
Man Without a Star1955
The Far Country (1954) movie poster
The Far Country1954
Vera Cruz (1954) movie poster
Vera Cruz1954
Bend of the River (1952) movie poster
Bend of the River1952
Winchester '73 (1950) movie poster
Winchester '731950
Red River (1948) movie poster
Red River1948
The Fighting Seabees (1944) movie poster
The Fighting Seabees1944