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	\| birth_place = London, England		\| birth_place = London, England
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	\| death_place = London, England		\| death_place = London, England
	\| occupation = [[Screenwriter]]		\| occupation = [[Screenwriter]]
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{{Infobox writer
| name = J. O. C. Orton
| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|8|30|df=yes}}<ref name="lafayette">{{cite web |title=Captain John Overton Cone Orton (1889–1962) |url=http://lafayette.org.uk/ort7897.html |website=The Lafayette Negative Collection |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death year and age|1962|1889|5}}
| death_place = London, England
| occupation = [[Screenwriter]]
| language = English
}}

Captain '''John Overton Cone Orton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (30 August 1889 – May 1962) was a British screenwriter.

== Early life and military service ==
Orton was born in [[St. John's Wood]], London in 1889<ref>{{cite web |title=Lot 733 |url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/special-collections/lot.php?specialcollection_id=1&lot_uid=199768 |website=[[Dix Noonan Webb]] |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=18 May 2011}}</ref> and lived in [[Larchmont, New York]], USA for a brief period of his childhood.<ref name="lafayette"/> In 1909 he joined the [[Norfolk Regiment]] of the [[British Army]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The London Gazette |date=5 November 1909 |issue=28304 |page=8106 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28304/page/8106 |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> In 1918 Orton was awarded with the [[Military Cross]], and was included in the [[1919 Birthday Honours]] when he was awarded the [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]].<ref name="lafayette"/>

== Film career ==
He was a head of the story department for [[Gaumont-British]] and was known for writing comedy scripts for such stars as [[Will Hay]], [[Jack Hulbert]] and [[Arthur Askey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17195517 |title=NATIONAL STUDIOS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=25 September 1935 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He also wrote various dramas and directed five movies. His final credit was as co-writer of fellow Gaumont alum [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s short war propaganda film ''[[Bon Voyage (1944 film)|Bon Voyage]]''.

==Select credits==
* ''[[Creeping Shadows]]'' (1931)
* ''[[After the Ball (1932 film)|After the Ball]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Leave It to Smith]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Soldiers of the King (film)|Soldiers of the King]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Brown on Resolution (film)|Brown on Resolution]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Bulldog Jack]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Turn of the Tide]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Flying Doctor]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Jack of All Trades (1936 film)|Jack of All Trades]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Everything Is Thunder]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Non-Stop New York]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Oh, Mr Porter!]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Mr. Satan (film)|Mr. Satan]]'' (1938)
* ''[[It's in the Blood]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Many Tanks Mr. Atkins]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Hi Gang! (film)|Hi Gang!]]'' (1941)
* ''[[For Those in Peril (1944 film)|For Those in Peril]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Bon Voyage (1944 film)|Bon Voyage]]'' (1944)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0651357}}

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[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:British male screenwriters]]
[[Category:20th-century British screenwriters]]