Patrick Dennis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Patrick Dennis
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	May 18, 1921(1921-05-18)
Age	103
Date Of Death	1976-11-06
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Taurus

Patrick Dennis Biography

Patrick Dennis is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on May 18, 1921 in Illinois, United States. A 20th century American novelist, he’s most well-known for his novel Auntie Mame An Insane Escapade. He released a sequel, Around the World with Auntie Mame in 1958.

After quitting the writing profession, Dennis was a waiter for McDonald’s restaurant’s creator After retiring from writing, Dennis worked as a butler for McDonald’s restaurant founder Ray Kroc..

They wrote and recorded four albums together, along with drummer Matt Lynott of The White Buffalo and after a few lineup changes, bassist Greg Friedman with patrick and Christopher producing all four albums themselves. After a 2010 US tour in support of their album ’Double Happiness’ the band seemed to disappear, Patrick admitting during a Wirepony radio interview on San Diego’s 94/9 KBZT the following year that the band had ended. They reformed for two shows in the winter of 2014 in San Diego at the request of Steve Poltz and Casbah owner Tim Mays to help celebrate the Casbah’s 25th anniversary which had been their home club in San Diego. A matinee show was added when the first show sold out in days. Michael Halloran of 91X who was broadcasting live from the matinee show announced that the band were recording the performances, but no recordings have been released.

In July 2012 it was announced on Wirepony’s Facebook page that Patrick was recording a new record in Nashville with production duo Cosmic Thug who had produced records by Deer Tick and Diamond Rugs and the Wirepony website was redirected to a new patrickdennis.com website. In November 2012 a film clip featuring studio footage of Patrick, Cosmic Thug’s Adam Landry and Justin Collins and Truckee Brothers bandmate Matt Lynott was posted to YouTube including part of a new song, ‘Picking Up The Silver’ stating that a new album would be released in 2013. Completing the album was delayed when Patrick broke his hand requiring surgery and months of recovery.

He was raised in Illinois. Together with His wife Louise Stickney, he had two children.

Patrick Dennis Net Worth

Patrick Dennis is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Patrick Dennis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The man joined his fellow members of the American Field Service during World War II and was employed throughout North Africa and the Middle East as an ambulance driver.

The original edition of Auntie Mame spent 112 weeks on American bestseller lists, and was sold more than 2,000,000 copies across five languages.

In 2004 Patrick and Christopher Hoffee formed the Truckee Brothers while producing a record for Lisa Sanders. After being asked to play a local festival they wrote and recorded their debut EP, ‘Wall to Wall’ in just a few days calling themselves Peat and Cady Truckee. They played all of the instruments and produced the EP themselves with no intention to form a band considering it an “one-off”. Disc jockey Tim Pyles at 91X XETRA-FM began playing ‘Death Vulcan Grip’ on air and the band launched their own label, Populuxe Records to release the EP. The resulting buzz garnered them a performance at SXSW that year followed by a UK tour in 2006.

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Who is Patrick Dennis Dating?

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Patrick Dennis is an American indie rock musician and visual artist from San Diego, California and former member of the bands Truckee Brothers and Wirepony. His debut solo album, ‘Fürst In The Dirt’ was released on June 19, 2015.

Facts & Trivia

Patrick Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Patrick Dennis celebrates birthday on May 18 of every year.

After the breakup of the Homer Gunns Patrick recorded a cassette demo under the name Byron Nashe, a nickname given to him by Dave Sharp, which was produced by San Diego musician Gregory Page. The demo was heard by the indie punk label Cargo Music who signed him to a recording contract with their new Earth Music label. His album for Earth Music, ‘Spun’, was produced by Clayton Cages and featured John Cowsill of The Cowsills on drums but was shelved by the label soon before Cargo closed their San Diego office and was never released. It was intended to be the first Patrick Dennis solo album.

Is Auntie Mame based on a true story?

“Auntie Mame” was based on the novel of the same name by Edward Everett Tanner 3d , who wrote under the pen name Patrick Dennis (the same name as Mame’s nephew in the play). Tanner said that his book was based on his aunt, a real-life bon vivant and eccentric named Marion Tanner.

Who played Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame?

Auntie Mame (1958) – Jan Handzlik as Patrick Dennis – Younger – IMDb.

Was Mame a real person?

Though Tanner claimed that Auntie Mame was a fictional figure, his aunt, the real-life Greenwich Village eccentric Marion Tanner (March 6, 1891 — October 30, 1985) is generally acknowledged to be the real life inspiration , given the clear similarities to her life and relationship to her nephew (she herself also …

Who wrote Auntie Mame?

Patrick Dennis

Who was Marion Tanner?

Marion Tanner, self-described as ”the ultimate Greenwich Village eccentric” and the apparent model for the madcap fictional character Auntie Mame , died here yesterday. She was 94 years old and had suffered a stroke two months ago.