- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Edmund Grainger
- Nickname
- Eddie
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Edmund Grainger was born on October 1, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Nurse from Brooklyn (1938) and Flying Hostess (1936). He died on July 6, 1981 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- American producer, a specialist in action subjects. He worked at Fox, Universal and Warner Brothers in the 1930's, then had his best spell at Republic and RKO. He was often associated with the films of John Wayne, whom he had first picked (over Kirk Douglas) to star in his pet project Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).
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