About

Known credits:
33
Birthday:
1911-03-12
Place of birth:
New York, New York, U.S.
Website:
N/A

Edmund H. North

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1980 Gideon's Trumpet Actor Supreme Court Justice 59
Average

Writing
2008 The Day the Earth Stopped Writing Original Film Writer 57
Average
1982 Race to Oblivion Writing Writer N/A
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1979 Meteor Writing Screenplay 57
Average
1979 Meteor Writing Story 57
Average
1973 Murdock's Gang Writing Writer N/A
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1972 Fireball Forward Writing Writer 58
Average
1970 Patton Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
1970 Patton Writing Screenstory 69
Fair
1968 Submarine X-1 Writing Story 59
Average
1962 H.M.S. Defiant Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1961 The Fiercest Heart Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1960 Sink the Bismarck! Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1960 Sink the Bismarck! Writing Story 60
Fair
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer Writing Story 58
Average
1958 Cowboy Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 The Proud Ones Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1955 The Far Horizons Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 Destry Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1952 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Writing Writer 59
Average
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
1951 Only the Valiant Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 In a Lonely Place Writing Adaptation 67
Fair
1950 Young Man with a Horn Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Colorado Territory Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1947 Dishonored Lady Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1940 I'm Still Alive Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 Bunker Bean Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1936 Murder on a Bridle Path Writing Writer 58
Average
1935 I Dream Too Much Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1934 One Night of Love Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
1982 Race to Oblivion Production Producer N/A
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Crew
1949 Flamingo Road Crew Additional Dialogue 60
Fair