Paddy Chayefsky

Biography

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.

Known For

Marty

as Leo (uncredited)

The Hospital

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

A Double Life

as Photographer (uncredited)

The Oscars

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Faye

as Self - Screenwriter, Network (archive footage)

The David Susskind Show

as Self