Screenwriter - producer - artist. Wrote original story and adapted screenplay for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) starring James Cagney.
Won Golden Globe award for best screenplay, Bright Victory (1951).
He seems to have been the son of Robert Henry Buckner and Catherine Inez James[1] and was the third Robert Henry Buckner in the line.
Sources
↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X51V-CCG : 11 February 2018), Robt. Buckner and C. Inez James, 30 Dec 1902; citing Nottoway, Nottoway Co., Virginia, reference Line87; FHL microfilm 2,048,466.
"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXGM-WF9 : 12 March 2018), Robert H Buckner, 1927; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGL-DCL : accessed 4 May 2019), Robert H Buckner in household of Thomas C Knott, Portsmouth Ward 6, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 106, sheet 7B, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1642; FHL microfilm 1,375,655.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJF8-L8H : accessed 4 May 2019), Robert H Buckner Jr. in household of Robert H Buckner, Portsmouth Jackson Ward, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing ED 250, sheet 7A, line 32, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1905; FHL microfilm 1,821,905.
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