Louis L'Amour Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Louis L'Amour was born on March 22, 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA as Louis Dearborn LaMoore. He was a writer, known for Hondo (1953), Five Mile Creek (1983) and Crossfire Trail (2001). He was married to Katherine Elizabeth Adams. He died on June 10, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Full Name
Louis L'Amour
Net Worth
$700,000
Date Of Birth
March 22, 1908
Died
June 10, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Jamestown, North Dakota, USA
Profession
Author, Novelist
Nationality
American
Spouse
Katherine Elizabeth Adams
Children
Beau L'Amour, Angelique L'Amour
Parents
Louis Charles LaMoore, Emily Dearborn LaMoore
Siblings
Clarice LaMoore, Edna LaMoore Waldo, Parker LaMoore, Emmy Lou LaMoore, John LaMoore, Yale Freeman LaMoore, Clara LaMoore
IMDB
Awards
National Book Award for Western, Spur Award for Best Novel
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Story
Movies
The Quick and the Dead, Hondo, Conagher, Crossfire Trail, The Shadow Riders, Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal, Heller in Pink Tights, Catlow, Stranger on Horseback, The Diamond of Jeru, The Burning Hills, The Man Called Noon, Kid Rodelo, East of Sumatra, Apache Territory, Four Guns to the Border
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.
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Fact
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In early 1956, 20th Century Fox optioned his soon to be published novel, Sitka, for Dick Powell to produce and direct. The film was to be Powell's first project with the studio under a multi-picture deal signed the previous year. The novel was published in 1957 but the film was not made. The novel was also sent to MGM but no producer at that studio was interested in acquiring it.
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Was so prolific that, decades after his passing, L'Amour's estate is still unearthing lost or unpublished works.
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Wrote 17 novels and short stories in his generation-spanning series "The Sacketts." Prior to his death he had planned to write 7-8 more novels in the series, including a novel set during the American Revolution and a novel about mountain men.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 503-505. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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Served in the United States Merchant Marines.
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He wrote over 100 novels and dozens of short stories, almost all of them dealing with the American West. In 1983, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom by the United States Congress for his large body of work.
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Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, just outside and to the right of the entrance to the Great Mausoleum where the "Last Supper" stained-glass window is located.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Diamond of Jeru
2001
TV Movie short story
Crossfire Trail
2001
TV Movie book
Shaughnessy
1996
TV Movie novel "The Iron Marshal"
Conagher
1991
TV Movie novel
The Quick and the Dead
1987
TV Movie novel
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
TV Movie novel
Five Mile Creek
TV Series novel "The Cherokee Trail" - 13 episodes, 1984 - 1985 series concept inspired by "The Cherokee Trail" - 13 episodes, 1983 - 1984 inspiration "The Cherokee Trail" - 2 episodes, 1984
The Shadow Riders
1982
TV Movie novel
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1981
TV Series story - 1 episode
The Sacketts
1979
TV Mini-Series novels "The Daybreakers" & "Sackett" - 2 episodes
The Man Called Noon
1973
novel
Cancel My Reservation
1972
novel "The Broken Gun"
Catlow
1971
novel "Catlow"
Shalako
1968
novel
Hondo
1967
TV Series character - 17 episodes
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
TV Movie story "The Gift of Cochise"
Kid Rodelo
1966
novel
Taggart
1964
novel
Guns of the Timberland
1960
novel
Heller in Pink Tights
1960
novel "Heller with a Gun"
The Texan
TV Series written by - 1 episode, 1959 story - 1 episode, 1959
Apache Territory
1958
from a novel by
Sugarfoot
1957-1958
TV Series story - 2 episodes
The Tall Stranger
1957
story
Maverick
1957
TV Series magazine story - 1 episode
Utah Blaine
1957
novel
Hart of Honolulu
1956
TV Movie from a story by
The Ford Television Theatre
1956
TV Series short story - 1 episode
The Burning Hills
1956
novel
Schlitz Playhouse
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1956 original story - 1 episode, 1956