| Leighton Osmun | |
| Birth Name: | Leighton Graves Osmun |
| Birth Date: | December 13, 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Death Place: | La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter |
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| Years Active: | 1916–1923 |
Leighton Graves Osmun (December 13, 1880 – June 12, 1928) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and author who was active during Hollywood's silent era.[1] He often collaborated with fellow screenwriter Beatrice deMille.[2] [3]
Leighton was born in Newark, New Jersey, to banker J. Allen Osmun and Mary Graves.[4]
In 1916, while living in Los Angeles and working as a writer, Leighton briefly disappeared after divorcing his first wife, Harriet Scholl, and marrying his second wife, Lula Dix Drummond. He and Lula had a daughter, Sarah, together; she would go on to marry William Ince, son of director Thomas H. Ince.[5]
In the summer of 1929, he suffered a heart attack and died after rescuing a child who was in danger of drowning at a beach in La Jolla, California. He was 48 years old.[6] [7] [8] He was survived by his second wife, Dix, and his daughter, Sarah.