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Feb 22, 1991 · Roger E. Swaybill, a screenwriter and novelist, died yesterday at New York Hospital. He was 47 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of a cerebral hemmorage, his wife, Marion Lear...
Roger Swaybill was born on 3 March 1943 in New York, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Porky's (1981), The Lathe of Heaven (1980) and Breaking Point (1976). He was married to Marion Lear Swaybill. He died on 21 February 1991 in New York, New York, USA.
- Writer, Actor, Additional Crew
- March 3, 1943
- Roger Swaybill
- February 21, 1991
Feb 22, 1991 · Roger E. Swaybill, a screenwriter and novelist, died yesterday at New York Hospital. He was 47 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage, his wife, Marion Lear Swaybill, said.
Roger Swaybill was born on 3 March 1943 in New York, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Porky's (1981), The Lathe of Heaven (1980) and Breaking Point (1976). He was married to Marion Lear Swaybill.
Clark teamed up with Roger Swaybill on a film, Breaking Point. When Clark fell ill with mononucleosis in 1979, he dictated the story of Porky's to Swaybill, who then wrote a draft of the script. Every studio in Hollywood turned down the project.
The screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for writers Roger Swaybill and Diane English. In 1998, Entertainment Weekly magazine named the 1980 Lathe telefilm one of the top 100 greatest works of science fiction.
Mar 4, 1991 · Roger E. Swaybill, 47, who co-wrote the screenplays for "Porky's" and "Porky's 2: The Next Day," died Feb. 21 in New York of a cerebral hemorrhage. He also wrote telefilms and...
