Biography
Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
Wrote 39
1970s
- 1972
The Bull of the West
Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
Backtrack!
Writer
- 1968
A Man Called Gannon
Writer
- 1967
Winchester '73
Original Film Writer
- 1964
Gunfighters of Casa Grande
Screenplay, Story
- 1962
- 1961
Whispering Smith
Story
1950s
- 1958
Ride a Crooked Trail
Screenplay
- 1957
- 1956
Backlash
Screenplay
- 1955
Man Without a Star
Screenplay
- 1954
Rails Into Laramie
Writer
- 1953
Sea Devils
Screenplay
General Electric Theater
Writer
- 1952
The World in His Arms
Screenplay
- 1951
Iron Man
Screenplay
- 1950
The Great Jewel Robber
Writer
1940s
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
I've Always Loved You
Screenplay
- 1945
This Man's Navy
Story
- 1944
The Fighting Seabees
Screenplay, Story
- 1943
Destroyer
Screenplay
Harrigan's Kid
Writer
- 1942
Dr. Broadway
Short Story
Blue, White and Perfect
Story
1930s
- 1938
The Devil's Party
Novel
- 1937
Midnight Taxi
Story
- 1935
Under Pressure
Screenplay
Created 1
1960s
- 1964