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,
Evelyn Millard which opened on 28 April 1900 at the Duke of York's Theatre and which ran for sixty-eight performances. The cast included Allan Aynesworth, Claude Gillingwater and J. C. Buckstone. This production was seen by the composer Giacomo Puccini, who is said to have based his opera "Madama Butterfly" on it. On 19 July 1900 Millard married Robert Porter Coulter (1862–1915) at St. George's church in Hanover Square in London. A partner in the clothing firm of Scotch House, in 1910 he was declared bankrupt. Their daughter Ursula Helen Coulter (1901–1991) was named after the character Millard was playing in "The