Biography
Born in Australia, screenwriter Ivan Goff has spent most of his career in Hollywood, where he set up shop in 1940. Frequently working in collaboration with Ben Roberts, Goff has worked on major films at virtually all the major studios. At Warners, he co-authored the screenplay of the
James Cagney melodrama
White Heat (1949); at 20th Century-Fox, he penned the "Last Leaf" segment for the 1952 omnibus feature O. Henry's Full House; and at Universal, he worked on the 1957
Lon Chaney biopic
Man of a Thousand Faces, earning an Oscar nomination for his efforts. Also at Universal, he adapted his own stage play
Portrait in Black to accommodate the talents of
Lana Turner and
Anthony Quinn. Extremely active in television, Ivan Goff has contributed scripts to such series as
The Rogues and
Charlie's Angels, and was an executive producer of
Mannix (1967-73) and
Nero Wolfe (1981). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide