Roger MacDougall

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Roger MacDougall (2 August 1910, in Glasgow – 27 May 1993) was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and director.^[1]

Biography[]

MacDougall began writing the occasional screenplay in the late 30s, working both alone and in collaboration with others. Most of his plays were produced during the 50s.^[2] As a screenwriter, his best-known films are The Man in the White Suit (for which he received a 1952 Academy Award nomination^[1]) and The Mouse That Roared.^[3] He was a cousin of Alexander Mackendrick.^[4]

His 1952 play Escapade enjoyed a lengthy run in the West End and was subsequently adapted into a film of the same title.

The Roger MacDougall diet[]

In the 1953 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis which eventually resulted in significant disability.^[5] Through disillusionment with orthodox medical treatments at the time, he developed a diet, loosely based on a paleolithic diet, that apparently returned him to good health and sustained remission.^{[citation needed]} Following this experience, he published a pamphlet describing his diet intended to help other patients to achieve similar results. This diet produced positive results in other patients^[who?], though success was not universal.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography[]

• Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (1936)
• Midnight Menace (1937)
• Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
• Let's Be Famous (1939)
• Law and Disorder (1940)

References[]

External links[]

• Roger MacDougall at IMDb
• My Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis By Roger MacDougall

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