Peter Stone
Writing · Screenplay · Story · Writer
Born Feb 27, 1930 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Active 1956–2003 · Awards: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Edgar Awards, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Peter Hess Stone was an American screenwriter and playwright. Stone is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the screenplays he wrote or co-wrote in the mid-1960s, Charade (1963), Father Goose (1964), and Mirage (1965).
Filmography
Charade (1963) — Man in Elevator / Marine (voice) (uncredited) · Screenplay · StoryThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) — ScreenplayJust Cause (1995) — ScreenplayFather Goose (1964) — ScreenplayMirage (1965) — ScreenplayArabesque (1966) — ScreenplaySweet Charity (1969) — Screenplay1776 (1972) — Screenplay · Theatre PlayWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) — ScreenplayThe Truth About Charlie (2002) — ScreenplaySkin Game (1971) — WriterThe Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968) — WriterEspionage (1963) — WriterOne of My Wives Is Missing (1976) — TeleplaySilver Bears (1977) — ScreenplaySkyscraper (1965) — WriterAndrocles and the Lion (1967) — WriterFree to Be… You and Me (1974) — StoryTitanic: The Musical (2023) — WriterThe Defenders (1961) — WriterWhy Would I Lie? (1980) — WriterAdam's Rib (1973) — Writer · Teleplay · Producer · Executive Story EditorThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998) — ScreenplayJigsaw (1968) — Writer