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Edmund Hall North (March 12, 1911 β 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
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Movies 31
Writer 30
TV Shows 1
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)
Race to Oblivion (1982)
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
Meteor (1979)
Murdock's Gang (1973)
Fireball Forward (1972)
Patton (1970)
Submarine X-1 (1968)
The Rogues (1964)
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
The Fiercest Heart (1961)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
Cowboy (1958)
The Proud Ones (1956)
The Far Horizons (1955)
Destry (1954)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Only the Valiant (1951)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Flamingo Road (1949)
Dishonored Lady (1947)
I'm Still Alive (1940)
Bunker Bean (1936)
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
I Dream Too Much (1935)
All the King's Horses (1935)
One Night of Love (1934)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1911-03-12
Deathday1990-08-28 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ChildrenBobbie North, Susie North
FatherRobert North
MotherStella Maury
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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