Ted Billings Frankenstein", starring Boris Karloff; the 1937 version of "The Prince and the Pauper", Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Billy and Bobby Mauch; "Stagecoach" (1939), starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor; "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; the Bob Hope comedy, "The Princess and the Pirate"; and the 1947 classic comedy, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. His final screen appearance was in a small, unnamed role in Otto Preminger's "Forever Amber", starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde; the film was released in October 1947, three months after Billings' death on July
Arthur Wimperis during the Battle of the Atlantic, his ship was torpedoed, and he was one of just eight survivors of the 32 people who had been in the same lifeboat. He won an Academy Award for Best Writing for his contribution to the screenplay of "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), in which he also had a small acting part. He was also nominated for another Oscar for his contribution to the screenplay of "Random Harvest" (1942). His later films included "If Winter Comes" (1947), "Julia Misbehaves" (1948), "The Red Danube" (1949), "That Forsyte Woman" (1949), "Calling Bulldog Drummond" (1951), "Young Bess" (1953) and