Writer

John Lee Mahin

Born 1902-08-23Died 1984-04-18aged 81

John Lee Mahin (1902–1984) is best known for North to Alaska, The Horse Soldiers and Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison.

John Lee Mahin (August 23, 1902, Evanston, Illinois – April 18, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter and producer of films who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known as the favorite writer of Clark Gable and Victor Fleming. In the words of one profile, he had "a flair for rousing adventure material, and at the same time he wrote some of the raciest and most sophisticated sexual comedies of that period."

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Filmography (29)