Hugh Murdoch MacMullan1,2

M, (19 March 1908 - July 1981)
     Hugh Murdoch MacMullan was born on 19 March 1908 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1,2 He was the son of Samuel Jay MacMullen Jr. and Ruth McCormick Foresman.1 Hugh Murdoch MacMullan died in July 1981 at age 73 years and 3 months.2
     He appeared on the census of 15 April 1910 in the household of Seth Thomas Foresman and Sarah Elizabeth Updegraff at Williamsport, 5th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Hugh Murdoch MacMullan appeared on the census of 3 January 1920 in the household of Samuel Jay MacMullen Jr. and Ruth McCormick Foresman at Williamsport, 13th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Hugh Murdoch MacMullan appeared on the census of 2 April 1930 in the household of Samuel Jay MacMullen Jr. and Ruth McCormick Foresman at Williamsport, 13th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Hugh Murdoch MacMullan was the dialogue director for several feature films between 1940 and 1942. These films include such titles as: Captains of the Clouds, Casablanca, Desperate Journey, Footsteps in the Dark, Flowing Gold, She Couldn't Say No, They Drive by Night, Yankee Doodle Dandy. With these film it gave him the opportunity to work with many well known leading men and women that include: Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Joan Leslie, Fred MacMurray, Brenda Marshall, Ann Sheridan even former President Ronald Reagan. Hugh was an officer in the Naval Reserve during WWII. He attended Williams and Oxford University in England, later head of the English Dept. at the Williamsport Area Community College. He was also a Hollywood, Broadway and TV producer and director, lecturer and writer.1 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Hugh's last known residence was Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2
Last Edited=25 Jun 2009

Citations

  1. [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-55.
  2. [S1888] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, 27 May 2009 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. HUGH MACMULLAN, birth listed as 19 Mar 1908, died listed as Jul 1981, issued in the State of New York. Last residence Williamsport, Lycoming, PA 17701, last benefit Williamsport, Lycoming, PA 17701. Accessed 25 Jun 2009.