Motion Picture Screenwriter, Actor. Twice married to writer-comic Dorothy Parker, he teamed with her to produce Hollywood motion pictures screenplays. Their most famous screenplay was a collaboration with screenwriter and author Robert Carson that became the 1937 film “A Star is Born”, which starred Hollywood icons Janet Gaynor and Frederic March. The three were nominated for an Academy Award that year for Best Adapted Screenplay. Alan Campbell served in the United States Army during World War II. He died in his home in West Hollywood, California in 1863 is what was ruled a suicide. (bio by: Garver Graver)  Family links:  Parents:  Harry Lee Campbell (1875 – 1923)  Hortense Eichel Campbell (1881 – 1966)  Spouse:  Dorothy Parker (1893 – 1967)