Paddy Chayefsky

Biography

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The David Susskind Show

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	Faye	Self - Screenwriter, Network (archive footage)
1971	The Hospital	Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1959	The David Susskind Show	Self
1955	Marty	Leo (uncredited)
1953	The Oscars	Self
1947	A Double Life	Photographer (uncredited)

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Thanks
1994	The Mother	Writer
1981	Ein Zug nach Manhattan	Writer
1980	Altered States	Novel
1980	Altered States	Screenplay
1976	Network	Screenplay
1973	The Way We Were	Additional Writing
1971	The Hospital	Writer
1971	The Hospital	Producer
1971	Gideon	Writer
1969	Paint Your Wagon	Adaptation
1964	The Americanization of Emily	Screenplay
1959	Middle of the Night	Screenplay
1959	Middle of the Night	Theatre Play
1958	The Goddess	Screenplay
1957	The Bachelor Party	Story
1957	The Bachelor Party	Screenplay
1957	The Bachelor Party	Associate Producer
1956	The Catered Affair	Teleplay
1955	Marty	Screenplay
1955	Marty	Associate Producer
1954	Middle of the Night	Writer
1953	Marty	Writer
1953	The Bachelor Party	Writer
1951	As Young as You Feel	Story
1951	Goodyear Television Playhouse	Writer
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Writer
1945	The True Glory	Writer