John Michael Hayes

His work brought him to the attention of Worcester's Evening Gazette, and Hayes began penning articles about Boy Scout activities for the paper.

[1] Following his stint with the U.S. Army Special Services division during World War II, Hayes moved to California and resumed his radio career.

[1] Much of Hayes's career was spent writing screenplays for glossy, big-budget melodramas like Torch Song with Joan Crawford, BUtterfield 8 with Elizabeth Taylor, The Carpetbaggers with Carroll Baker, and Where Love Has Gone[2] with Susan Hayward, Mike Connors and Bette Davis.

Hayes collaborated with director Alfred Hitchcock on four films: Rear Window (for which he won an Edgar Award and an Oscar nomination), To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

[5] After several years of retirement, Hayes resurfaced to co-write director Charles Haid's family adventure drama Iron Will,[6] starring Kevin Spacey, in 1994.