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Edmund H. North

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 12, 1911Died August 28, 1990 (79 years)
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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Day the Earth Stopped
  • Only the Valiant
  • Dishonored Lady

Known For

  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Patton
  • In a Lonely Place
  • Sink the Bismarck!
  • Meteor
  • Young Man with a Horn
  • Cowboy
  • Flamingo Road
  • The Proud Ones
  • Dishonored Lady
  • Destry
  • Colorado Territory
  • Damn the Defiant!
  • Only the Valiant
  • The Day the Earth Stopped
  • One Night of Love
  • Submarine X-1
  • Fireball Forward

Filmography

2008
2008
The Day the Earth Stopped · as Original Film Writer
1979
Meteor · as Screenplay
1972
1970
Patton · as Screenplay
1964
The Rogues (TV Series)
1962
Damn the Defiant! · as Screenplay
1961
The Fiercest Heart · as Screenplay
1958
Cowboy · as Screenplay
1956
The Proud Ones · as Screenplay
1955
The Far Horizons · as Screenplay
1954
Destry · as Screenplay
1952
1951
1951
Only the Valiant · as Screenplay
1950
1949
Colorado Territory · as Screenplay
1947
Dishonored Lady · as Screenplay
1940
I'm Still Alive · as Screenplay
1936
Bunker Bean · as Screenplay
1936
1935
I Dream Too Much · as Screenplay
1934
One Night of Love · as Screenplay

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