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Edmund H. North
New York, New York, U.S.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmund Hall North (March 12, 1911 – August 28, 1990), was an American screenwriter who shared an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmund Hall North (March 12, 1911 – August 28, 1990), was an American screenwriter who shared an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with Francis Ford Coppola in 1970 for their script for Patton. North wrote the screenplay for the 1951 science-fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still and is credited for creating the famous line from the film, "Klaatu barada nikto". He was a son of Bobby North and Stella Maury who performed in vaudeville and the Ziegfeld Follies. North began writing plays while attending Culver Military Academy in Indiana and at Stanford University. As a major in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II he made training and educational films. North was a former president of the screen branch of the Writers Guild of America in which he served on more than 40 committees, including the contract-bargaining panel. North and his wife, Collette had two daughters, Susan and Bobbie. He lived in Brentwood, California, and was 79 when he died.
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2008
The Day the Earth Stopped
Movie Original Film Writer
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1982
Race to Oblivion
Movie Writer
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1980
Gideon's Trumpet
Movie Supreme Court Justice
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1979
Meteor
Movie Screenplay
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1973
Murdock's Gang
Movie Writer
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1972
Fireball Forward
Movie Writer
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1969
Patton
Movie Screenplay
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1968
Submarine X-1
Movie Story
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1964
The Rogues
TV show Writer
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1962
H.M.S. Defiant
Movie Screenplay
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1961
The Fiercest Heart
Movie Screenplay
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1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie Story
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1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Movie Story
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1958
Cowboy
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Proud Ones
Movie Screenplay
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1955
The Far Horizons
Movie Screenplay
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1954
Destry
Movie Screenplay
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1952
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie Writer
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1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Only the Valiant
Movie Screenplay
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1950
In a Lonely Place
Movie Adaptation
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1950
Young Man with a Horn
Movie Writer
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1949
Colorado Territory
Movie Screenplay
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1949
Flamingo Road
Movie Additional Dialogue
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1947
Dishonored Lady
Movie Screenplay
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1940
I'm Still Alive
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Bunker Bean
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Murder on a Bridle Path
Movie Screenplay
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1935
I Dream Too Much
Movie Screenplay
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1934
One Night of Love
Movie Screenplay
