Vernon Harris

Writer, Actor

26 February 1905 — 1 February 1999 (93 years)
Vernon Harris was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert. Harris was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script for film Oliver! (1968).

Known For

  • The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Spy Who Loved Me1977
  • Oliver!
    Oliver!1968
  • Carve Her Name with Pride
    Carve Her Name with Pride1958
  • The Good Die Young
    The Good Die Young1954
  • Reach for the Sky
    Reach for the Sky1956
  • The Admirable Crichton
    The Admirable Crichton1957
  • Born to Sing
    Born to Sing1962
  • Friends
    Friends1971
  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them
    The Sea Shall Not Have Them1954
  • A Cry from the Streets
    A Cry from the Streets1958
  • Ferry to Hong Kong
    Ferry to Hong Kong1959
  • The Adventurers
    The Adventurers1970
  • Emergency Call
    Emergency Call1952
  • Cosh Boy
    Cosh Boy1953
  • Three Men in a Boat
    Three Men in a Boat1956
  • Albert R.N.
    Albert R.N.1953
  • Paul and Michelle
    Paul and Michelle1974
  • There Was a Young Lady
    There Was a Young Lady1953
  • Band Waggon
    Band Waggon1940
  • Emergency
    Emergency1962

Filmography

1974
Paul and Michelle · as Screenplay
1971
Friends · as Screenplay
1968
Oliver! · as Screenplay
1962
Almost Angels · as Screenplay
1960
Skywatch · as Screenplay
1959
Ferry to Hong Kong · as Screenplay
1958
1958
Carve Her Name with Pride · as Screenplay
1957
Paradise Lagoon · as Screenplay
1956
Three Men in a Boat · as Screenplay
1954
The Good Die Young · as Screenplay
1954
1954
1953
Break to Freedom · as Screenplay
1953
1952
1951
A Case for PC 49 · as Screenplay
1949
1935
Play Up the Band · as Screenplay

1937
East of Ludgate Hill · as Martin Bland
1937
Troopship · as Harry
1936
Show Flat · as Tom Vernon

1977
The Spy Who Loved Me · as Script Editor
1970
The Adventurers · as Script Editor
1962
Emergency · as Story
1961
Ben Casey · as Based On 'emergency Call' By
1956
Reach for the Sky · as Additional Scenes
1953
There Was a Young Lady · as From An Original Story By
1940
Band Waggon · as Written And Devised By