Roger MacDougall

Roger MacDougall (2 August 1910, in Glasgow – 27 May 1993) was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and director.[1]

Biography

MacDougall began writing the occasional screenplay in the late 30s, working both alone and in collaboration with others. Most of his plays were produced during the 50s.[2] As a screenwriter, his best-known films are The Man in the White Suit (for which he received a 1952 Academy Award nomination[1]) and The Mouse That Roared.[3] He was a cousin of Alexander Mackendrick.[4]

The Roger MacDougall diet

In the 1953 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis which eventually resulted in significant disability.[5] Through disillusionment with orthodox medical treatments at the time, he developed a diet, loosely based on a paleolithic diet, that apparently returned him to good health and sustained remission. Following this experience, he published a pamphlet describing his diet intended to help other patients to achieve similar results. This diet produced positive results in other patients, though success was not universal.

Selected filmography
gollark: I'm going to see if I can integrate ABR into my graphing system too now.
gollark: Or also disassembling them, I suppose.
gollark: Consider:- disassembling other humans into nutrients you need, as they're nearby and contain exactly the right nutrients to live- forcefeeding to the point of obesity or something- making plants/other animals unable to grow due to removing all their nutrients
gollark: Them going rogue isn't the problem. Them working exactly as designed is.
gollark: I can't see ANY way of that going wrong!

References
  1. "The Man on the Beat". British Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. "Roger MacDougall | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. "Roger MacDougall". BFI.
  4. "BFI Screenonline: Man in the White Suit, The (1951)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  5. Graham, Judy (2010). Managing Multiple Sclerosis Naturally: A Self-help Guide to Living with MS. Simon and Schuster. p. 58. ISBN 9781594779077.


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