Biography for
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Date of Birth

1 December 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Date of Death

25 March 2008, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart failure)

Birth Name

Abraham Goodman

Spouse

Myra Mann

(? - 25 March 2008) (his death) 3 children

Trivia

Adapted his screenplay of Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) for a stage production on Broadway, featuring Maximilian Schell, who had won an Academy Award for the 1961 movie version, in a different role (2001).

Died just one day after Richard Widmark, one of the stars of Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).

Attended Temple University and New York University.

His father was a jeweler of Russian Jewish descent.

Had a son.

He became interested in the 1946 Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, and wrote a script for a television program about it. Subsequently, he was determined to write his first film screenplay about the trials.

After serving in the US Army, he started writing scripts for television dramas.

Personal Quotes

A lot of people didn't want it done. People wanted to sweep the issue under the rug. (1994 interview about the making of "Judgment at Nuremberg")

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