Misadventure

Millard Kaufman was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1917. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University in 1939, he worked as a reporter for Newsday and New York's Daily News. He joined the Marines in 1942. After World War II ended, he moved to Los Angeles to begin his screenwriting career. He co-created the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and wrote the screenplay for two short films featuring him: Ragtime Bear (1949) and Punchy de Leon (1950). He was nominated twice for an Academy Award - in 1953 for Take the High Ground and in 1955 for Bad Day at Black Rock. His writing credits also include Never So Few, The Warlord, The Klansman, and Convicts 4. He wrote two novels during his lifetime: Bowl of Cherries (2007) and Misadventure (2009). He died of heart failure on March 14, 2009 at the age of 92.

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