Edmund H. North

Edmund H. North

  • Birthday: 1911-03-12
  • Deathday: 1990-08-28
  • Place of birth: New York, New York, U.S.

Biography

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.

Filmography

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

As Supreme Court Justice

Production

Flamingo Road

1949

As Additional Dialogue

Race to Oblivion

1982

As Producer

Patton

1970

As Screenplay

Patton

1970

As Screenstory

Young Man with a Horn

1950

As Writer

Meteor

1979

As Story

Meteor

1979

As Screenplay

H.M.S. Defiant

1962

As Screenplay

In a Lonely Place

1950

As Adaptation

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

As Story

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

As Screenplay

Submarine X-1

1968

As Story

I'm Still Alive

1940

As Screenplay

I Dream Too Much

1935

As Screenplay

Cowboy

1958

As Screenplay

Bunker Bean

1936

As Screenplay

Only the Valiant

1951

As Screenplay

The Proud Ones

1956

As Screenplay

Destry

1954

As Screenplay

Dishonored Lady

1947

As Screenplay

The Fiercest Heart

1961

As Screenplay

Fireball Forward

1972

As Writer

Race to Oblivion

1982

As Writer

Murdock's Gang

1973

As Writer

The Far Horizons

1955

As Screenplay

Colorado Territory

1949

As Screenplay

One Night of Love

1934

As Screenplay

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