Frederick Hazlitt Brennan was born on September 23, 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri and died on June 30, 1962 in Hidden Valley, CA, USA.

He attended the University of Missouri, 1919-20, after which, he became a rewrite man and political reporter for the St. Louis globe-Democrat (1921-23), a movie critic, feature and editorial writer for the St. Louis post-dispatch (1923-28), a scenario writer for Fox Films, MGM, and First National Films, 1928-30; then he became a free lance writer of fiction, contributing to Collier's, Saturday evening post, Liberty, Red book, Cosmopolitan, and others; in 1955 became the chief writer of the Wyatt Earp television series on ABC network.

PUBLICATIONS:

- GOD GOT ONE VOTE (1927)
- PIE IN THE SKY (1931)
- MEMO TO A FIRING SQUAD (1943)
- ONE OF OUR H-BOMBS IS MISSING (1955)

PLAYS/MUSICALS

- MAGDALENA (co-wrote with Homer Curran)
original production - Sep 20, 1948 - Dec 4, 1948
- THE WOOKEY
original production - Sep 10, 1941 - Jan 3, 1942
- STICK-IN-THE-MUD
original production Nov 26, 1935 - unknown
- BATTLESHIP GERTIE
original production - Jan 18, 1935 - unknown