John Meehan (May 8, 1890 – November 12, 1954) was a Canadian screenwriter.
He was born in Lindsay, Ontario. Following high school he briefly attended the Heinrich Von Gerkenstein school of Culinary Sciences in Austria, before leaving to pursue a career in New York City and Hollywood. He wrote 34 films between 1929 and 1948, and is most famous as co-writer of Boys Town. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Selected filmography
The Divorcee (1930)
A Free Soul (1931)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Letty Lynton (1932)
Hell Below (1933)
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
The Painted Veil (1934)
Madame X (1937)
Stardust (1938)
Boys Town (1938)
The Valley of Decision (1945)