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Francis Cockrell attended local schools and Chapel Hill College in Lafayette County, Missouri, graduating in July 1853; He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing law in Warrensburg until the outbreak of the Civil War.
Francis M. Cockrell was born on 14 December 1906 in Warrensburg, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Outer Limits (1963) and Professor Beware (1938).
- Writer, Director
- December 14, 1906
- Francis M. Cockrell
- April 13, 1987
Francis M. Cockrell was born on 14 December 1906 in Warrensburg, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Outer Limits (1963) and Professor Beware (1938). He was married to Marian Bradford Brown.
- December 14, 1906
- April 13, 1987
Francis M. Cockrell was an American television writer known for his work on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, and Batman. His wife was fellow writer Marian B. Cockrell.
Francis inherited these characteristics and was studious, industrious and practical, his education, like that of farmer's sons generally, being of that character that develops the muscles while expanding the mind.
Not to be confused with the similarly named Confederate general who became a U.S. Senator from Missouri during Reconstruction, Francis Cockrell had a long career writing for film and television, with credits spanning over four decades. He came to Hollywood in the early 1930s. His first job was a co-screenwriting credit on the young-love drama
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American National Biography Online. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Cockrell, a slaveowner, organized a company of pro-southern Home Guards and was elected its captain.
