Millard Kaufman Millard Kaufman Millard Kaufman(March 12, 1917 – March 14, 2009) was an American screenwriter and novelist. His works include the Academy Award-nominated "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955). He was also one of the creators of Mr. Magoo. Kaufman was born and raised in Baltimore and graduated from the Baltimore City College (high school). He eventually graduated from Johns Hopkins University after work as a merchant seaman. After that, he moved to New York City, taking a job as copyboy for the "New York Daily News". At some point, he married Lorraine Paisley. He enlisted in the Marines in 1942,
Spencer G. Millard in Ionia. They had two children, Spencer J. Millard (1888-before 1952), who was born in Ionia, Michigan, and died in Tennessee, and Gertrude Millard (1891–1979), who was born and died in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Millard practiced law alone. Soon after his arrival, he built a house in the Angeleno Heights tract. One of his first public appearances in politics was at the Republican City Convention in the fall of 1892, when John Q. Tufts was nominated for Mayor. Millard's bearing as a Presiding Officer was seen as dignified, his decisions being usually prompt and accurate and his voice