Edmund H. North
Writing
- Born
- March 12, 1911 · New York, New York, U.S.
- Died
- August 28, 1990 (age 79)
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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.
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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
The Day the Earth Stood Still
September 18, 1951
Patton
January 25, 1970
In a Lonely Place
May 17, 1950
Meteor
October 19, 1979
Sink the Bismarck!
February 11, 1960
Colorado Territory
June 11, 1949
Cowboy
January 23, 1958
H.M.S. Defiant
April 15, 1962
Flamingo Road
April 30, 1949
Young Man with a Horn
March 1, 1950
The Day the Earth Stopped
December 9, 2008
Only the Valiant
April 13, 1951
Behind the camera28
- 2008The Day the Earth Stopped Original Film Writer
- 1982Race to Oblivion Writer, Producer
- 1979Meteor Story, Screenplay
- 1973Murdock's Gang Writer
- 1972Fireball Forward Writer
- 1970Patton Screenplay, Screenstory
- 1968Submarine X-1 Story
- 1962H.M.S. Defiant Screenplay
- 1961The Fiercest Heart Screenplay
- 1960Sink the Bismarck! Story, Screenplay