Charles O Neal

Charles Eldridge O Neal was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist. Charles Eldridge O Neal was born in Raeford, North Carolina, the son of Elizabeth Maude of English descent, and Charles Samuel O Neal of Irish descent. He attended the University of Iowa, then moved to San Diego, where he joined an acting troupe that included his future wife, Patricia O Callaghan. After publishing a short story in Esquire, he decided to forgo performing and turned to screenwriting mostly B-movies, among them The Seventh Victim, Cry of the Werewolf, The Missing Juror, I Love a Mystery, Montana, and Golden Girl. O Neal's television credits include The 20th Century Fox Hour and The Untouchables. Together with Abe Burrows, O Neal adapted his 1949 novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin for the short-lived 1952 musical Three Wishes for Jamie. The production ran on Broadway March 21–June 7, 1952.