Nationality: American
Birthdate: 05/26/1909
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Death Date: 01/04/1991
Broadway stage actor and playwright who entered films in the mid-1930s as a writer. After serving as director of the Army's Combat Film Division during WWII, Maibaum became a producer, most notably of the film noir classic "The Big Clock" (1948). In the 1950s he moved to England where he wrote for Albert Broccoli, or co-wrote most of the "James Bond" screenplays beginning with the first, "Dr. No" (1963) and concluding with "Licence to Kill" (1989).
1932
First play, "The Tree" produced on Broadway
1933
Acted with the Shakespearean Repertory Theatre in New York
1935
Worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood; signed a screenwriting contract with MGM for whom he wrote "Badman of Brimstone" (1938) and "Twenty Mule Team" (1940) both starring Wallace Beery
1936
First screenplay, "We Went to College"
Served in the Combat Film Division of the US Army as Lt. Colonel making training films
