Dunne, Dominick 1925-

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Dunne, Dominick 1925-

PERSONAL

Born October 29, 1925 (some sources cite 1926), in Hartford, CT; son of Richard (a heart surgeon) and Dorothy B. Dunne; married Ellen Griffin, April 24, 1954 (divorced, 1965); children: Griffin (an actor, director, writer, and producer), Alexander, Dominique (an actress; deceased). Education: Williams College, B.A., 1949. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic.

Addresses:

Agent—c/o Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, NY 10003; William Morris Agency, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019-4701.

Career:

Producer, television executive, journalist, and author. NBC, stage manager for the television series The Howdy Doody Show and Robert Montgomery Presents; CBS Studio One, producer; Dunne-Didion-Dunne, cofounder and producer; Twentieth Century-Fox, executive producer; Four Star (television company), vice-president. Military service: U.S. Army, World War II; received Bronze Star.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Panic in Needle Park, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971.

(With Frank Perry), Play It as It Lays, Universal, 1972.

Ash Wednesday, Paramount, 1973.

Film Executive Producer:

The Boys in the Band, Leo/Cinema Center/National General, 1970.

Film Appearances:

Matheson, Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn), Warner Bros., 1997.

Himself, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Buena Vista, 1997.

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe, Arthouse, 2007.

Television Producer; Series:

(With Richard Goldstone and Art Wallace), Adventures in Paradise, ABC, 1959-62.

Television Producer; Movies:

The Users, ABC, 1978.

919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's "919 Fifth Avenue"), 1995.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's "919 Fifth Avenue"), 1995.

Television Executive Producer; Episodic:

"Safari at Sea," Adventures in Paradise, 1959.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Life Remembers, 1993.

"Shock Video 2: The Show Business of Crime and Punishment," America Undercover, HBO, 1995.

"Charles Manson: Journey into Evil," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

Host, The Trial of O. J. Simpson: An Insider's View with Dominick Dunne, The Learning Channel, 1996.

Dominique Dunne: An American Tragedy, 1998.

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Touch of Magic, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

The Menendez Brothers: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Al Pacino: Inside Out, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Guilty Pleasure: The Dominick Dunne Story, 2002.

Guilty Pleasure: The Extraordinary World of Dominick Dunne, Court TV, 2003.

Hollywood Home Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

(Four episodes), Larry King Live, CNN, 2004-2007.

The Last Mogul (also known as The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman), 2005.

Presenter, The 2nd Annual Quill Awards, NBC, 2006.

Dominick Dunne-Les Crimes de la jet set (also known as Dominick Dunne in Search of Justice), 2007.

"Til Death Do Us: Part 1 & 2," The Closer, TNT, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Guest caller Jeff, "Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street," Frasier, NBC, 1993.

Ruby, two episodes, 1998.

"Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Page to Screen, Bravo, 2002.

"Joan Collins," Intimate Portrait, Lifetime, 2003.

Host, "A Deadly Campaign," Power, Privilege & Justice, Court TV, 2004.

"The O. J. Verdict," Frontline, PBS, 2005.

Host, "Mystery in the Mountains," Power, Privilege & Justice, Court TV, 2006.

Host, "The Starlet and the Skier," Power, Privilege & Justice, Court TV, 2006.

Host, "Cape Fear," Power, Privilege & Justice, Court TV, 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Liza and David, VH1, 2002.

WRITINGS

Television Movies:

The Users, ABC, 1978.

919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's "919 Fifth Avenue"), 1995.

Other:

Fatal Charms, and Other Tales of Today (essays), Crown, 1986.

The Mansions of Limbo (essays), Crown, 1991.

Bodies Electric, 1993.

Three Complete Novels (contains The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, People Like Us, and An Inconvenient Woman), Wings Books (New York City), 1994.

Sins of the Sons, 1995.

Also contributor to New York Times Book Review. Contributing editor, Vanity Fair, 1984—.

Books:

The Winners, Simon & Schuster, 1982.

Society, May & Co., 1987.

Fatal Charms, Crown, 1987.

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1986.

People Like Us, Crown, 1988.

An Inconvenient Woman, Crown, 1990.

A Season in Purgatory, Crown, 1993.

The Mansions of Limbo, Random House Value Publishing, 1997.

Another City, Not My Own, A Novel in the Form of a Memoir, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1997.

The Way We Lived Then, Crown, 1999.

Vanity Fair's Hollywood, Viking Studio, 2000.

Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments, Crown, 2001.

Screenplays:

919 Fifth Avenue (also known as Dominick Dunne's "919 Fifth Avenue"), 1995.

A Season in Purgatory, 1996.

ADAPTATIONS

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles was presented as an NBC television miniseries in 1987, starring Ann-Margaret and Claudette Colbert. People Like Us was presented as an NBC television miniseries in 1990, starring Connie Sellecca, Dennis Farina, and Eva Marie Saint. An Inconvenient Woman was broadcast as a television miniseries in 1991. An article, "Nightmare on Elm Drive," was adapted as the television miniseries Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (also known as Deadly Games and The Menendez Murders), presented by CBS in 1994. A Season in Purgatory was presented as a television miniseries by CBS in 1996.