Daniel D. Beauchamp (August 25, 1908 – March 20, 1969) was an American screenwriter for film and TV.
Daniel D. Beachaump was born in Fairmount, Indiana, to Daniel D. Beauchamp and Alea Wigner.[1]
In the 1930s, Beauchamp wrote fiction and published stories in The Saturday Evening Post.[1] He published a short story titled "Journey at Sunrise" in Good Housekeeping, which was later adapted for the screen as Father Makes Good.[2]
In 1933, Beauchamp was living in Helena, Montana. In September of that year, he married Eileen Sousa, the granddaughter of John Philip Sousa via his son John Philip Sousa Jr. Following the wedding, they planned to move to Mexico City.[1]
| Year | Film | Credit | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Story | Co-Wrote Story with William Bowers | [3] |
| 1948 | River Lady | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with William Bowers | [4] |
| Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Story, Screenplay | |||
| 1949 | Henry, the Rainmaker | Story | ||
| Leave It to Henry | Story, Screenplay | |||
| 1950 | Father Makes Good | Written | Based on his story "Journey at Sunrise" | |
| The Golden Gloves Story | Story | Co-Wrote Story with William F. Sellers | [5] | |
| Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Story | [6] | ||
| Father's Wild Game | Story, Screenplay | Based on his story "A-Hunting We Will Go" | ||
| 1951 | Belle Le Grand | Screenplay | [7] | |
| Father Takes the Air | Screenplay | |||
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Screenplay | Based on the 1949 novel Vigilante by Richard Summers | [8] |
| 1953 | Gunsmoke | Screenplay | Based on the novel Roughshod By Norman A. Fox | |
| Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Story, Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Howard Christie and John Grant | ||
| Law and Order | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with John Bagni and Gwen Bagni | [9] | |
| Son of Belle Starr | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Jack DeWitt and William Raynor | ||
| The Man from the Alamo | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Steve Fisher | ||
| The All American | Screenplay | |||
| 1954 | She Couldn’t Say No | Story, Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with William Bowers and Richard Flournoy | |
| Ride Clear of Diablo | Screenplay | Additional Dialogue | ||
| Rails Into Laramie | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Joseph Hoffman | ||
| Jesse James' Women | Story, Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Don "Red" Barry and William R. Cox | ||
| Destry | Screenplay | Based on the novel Destry Rides Again By Max Brand, Co-Wrote Screenplay with Edmund H. North | ||
| Port of Hell | Story | Co-Wrote Story with Gil Doud | ||
| 1955 | Man Without a Star | Screenplay | Based on the novel of the same name by Dee Linford, Co-Wrote Screenplay with Borden Chase | |
| Tennessee's Partner | Screenplay | Based on the short story "Tennessee's Partner" By Bret Harte | ||
| 1956 | Massacre | Screenplay | ||
| The Rawhide Years | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Earl Felton and Robert Presnell, Jr. | ||
| Yaqui Drums | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Jo Pagano | ||
| 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Written | Co-Wrote Screenplay with John Tucker Battle | |
| 1960 | For the Love of Mike | Written | ||
| Natchez Trace | Story, Screenplay | Co-Wrote Story and Screenplay with William R. Cox | ||
| 1966 | Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider | Story, Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Jack Guss | |
| 1968 | A Man Called Gannon | Screenplay | Co-Wrote Screenplay with Borden Chase and Gene R. Kearney | |
| 1972 | The Bull of The West | Screenplay | ||
| Year | TV Series | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Four Star Playhouse | Writer | 2 Episodes |
| 1955 | Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson | Writer | 1 Episode |
| So This Is Hollywood | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| Father Knows Best | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1955-56 | Cheyenne | Writer | 2 Episodes |
| 1956 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Writer | 1 Episode |
| Celebrity Playhouse | Writer | 2 Episodes | |
| Ford Television Theater | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1957 | Zane Grey Theater | Writer | 1 Episode |
| 1957-59 | Trackdown | Writer | 7 Episodes |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Writer | |
| Telephone Time | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1958-59 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Writer | 3 Episodes |
| 1958-60 | Bat Masterson | Writer | 4 Episodes |
| 1959 | Tombstone Territory | Writer | 1 Episode |
| 1959-60 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Writer | 9 Episodes |
| 1960-61 | Stagecoach West | Writer, Story Consultant | 38 Episodes |
| 1962 | Rawhide | Writer | 1 Episode |
| The Tall Man | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1963 | Temple Houston | Writer | 1 Episode |
| The Virginian | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1965-69 | Daniel Boone | Writer | 29 Episodes |
| 1967 | Gentle Ben | Writer | 1 Episode |