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- Christopher Trumbo was born on September 25, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and assistant director, known for The Don Is Dead (1973), Brannigan (1975) and Johnny Got His Gun (1971). He was married to Nancy Escher. He died on January 8, 2011 in Ojai, California, USA.
- SpouseNancy Escher(? - January 8, 2011) (his death)
- Son of Dalton Trumbo.
- He was an authority on the Red Scare black-listings of the 1950s. He was 7 when his father, Dalton Trumbo, was subpoenaed by the US House Un-American Activities Committee.
- One of his best-known screenwriting credits was for "Brannigan", starring John Wayne. John Wayne, one of Hollywood's most right-wing actors, had been one of the arch-enemies of his father, Dalton Trumbo, a sometime communist, and had even once said that he was proud of having helped get Dalton Trumbo blacklisted.
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