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Charles Marquis Warren

Highest Rated: 57% Streets of Laredo (1949)

Lowest Rated: 57% Streets of Laredo (1949)

Birthday: Dec 16, 1912

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

After early success as a contributor to pulp magazines, Charles Marquis Warren went on to a prolific career as a writer, producer, and director for film and television, best remembered for Westerns such as "Gunsmoke" and "Rawhide." Born and raised in Baltimore, he took an early interest in writing and shortly after graduating from Baltimore City College began publishing stories in The Saturday Evening Post. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Warren became a best-selling novelist when stories of his were republished, including "Only the Valiant," which was later adapted into a feature film. His first big screen writing credit was for the courtroom drama "Beyond Glory," though he earned greater attention for the detail and style he brought to Westerns such as 1951's "Little Big Horn," his directorial debut. Lured to the small screen by a hefty financial offer, he wrote and directed the pilot and much of the first season of the popular series "Gunsmoke" and continued producing the show into the second season. Afterward, Marquis returned to feature films with offerings in the horror and war genres, in addition to several more Westerns. He then had another television hit when he directed, wrote, and produced for the early seasons of "Rawhide." Continuing in the genre, he produced "The Virginian" and "The Iron Horse" before earning his final credits as writer, director, and producer on the Elvis Presley Western "Charro!"

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Highest-Rated Movies

57% 78% Streets of Laredo
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30% The Meanest Men in the West
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40% Cattle Empire
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Back From the Dead
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Desert Hell
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Seven Angry Men
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The Black Whip
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Blood Arrow
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24% Pony Express
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42% Tension at Table Rock
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Filmography

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Charro! 56% 1969 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Day of the Evil Gun 42% 1968 Screenwriter The Meanest Men in the West 30% 1966 Producer Cattle Empire 40% 1958 Director Desert Hell 1958 Director Blood Arrow 1958 Director Trooper Hook 55% 1957 Director, Screenwriter The Unknown Terror 1957 Director Back From the Dead 1957 Director Ride a Violent Mile 1957 Director Copper Sky 1957 Director The Black Whip 1956 Director Tension at Table Rock 42% 1956 Director Seven Angry Men 1955 Director Arrowhead 42% 1953 Director, Screenwriter Pony Express 24% 1953 Screenwriter Hellgate 1953 Director, Screenwriter Flight to Tangier 1953 Director, Screenwriter Little Big Horn 1951 Director, Screenwriter Streets of Laredo 57% 78% 1949 Screenwriter Beyond Glory 1948 Screenwriter
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