Ralph Wheelwright

{{Short description|American producer and screenwriter (1898–1971)}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Ralph Wheelwright

|birth_date = {{birth date|1898|09|11}}

|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1971|04|15|1898|09|11}}

|death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

|occupation = Producer, screenwriter

|spouse = Phinie Green Wheelwright{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76620758/obituary-for-ralph-wheelwright-aged-72/|title=Writer Ralph Wheelwright|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=April 19, 1971|access-date=October 14, 2021|page=29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

|children = 2

}}

Ralph Wheelwright (September 11, 1898 – April 15, 1971) was an American producer and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Original Screenplay for the film Man of a Thousand Faces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958|title=The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=4 October 2014 |access-date=October 14, 2021}}

Wheelwright died on April 15, 1971 at the age of 72 at the Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/17/archives/ralph-wheelwright-dies-at-72-screenwriter-and-film-publicist.html|title=Ralph Wheelwright Dies at 72; Screenwriter and Film Publicist|work=The New York Times|date=April 17, 1971|access-date=October 14, 2021}}