Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and a member of the Hollywood Ten, one of group of film professionals who refused to testify before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist involvement. Though only convicted of contempt of Congress, he was blacklisted, and in 1950 spent 11 months in prison.