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Karl Tunberg (1909–1992)

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Though Karl Tunberg is the only writer officially credited with writing the screenplay for "Ben-Hur", and although he was the only writer to be Oscar-nominated for the film, he is also one of the few major creative people involved with it who did not win the Academy Award that year, and it has been documented that director William Wyler was completely dissatisfied with Tunberg's script... See more trivia »

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(age 83) in London, England, UK

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1978 CHiPs (TV series)
Hitch-Hiking Hitch (1978) (writer)
 
1977 Kingston: Confidential (TV series)
The Cult (1977) (written by)
 
1976 Movin' On (TV series)
A Home Is Not a House (1976) (story)
 
1972-1976 Cannon (TV series)
The Quasar Kill (1976) (written by)
Murder by Moonlight (1972) (written by)
 
1975 Bronk (TV series)
Terror (1975) (writer)
 
1971-1975 Mannix (TV series)
Edge of the Web (1975) (written by)
All the Dead Were Strangers (1973) (teleplay)
Moving Target (1972) (teleplay)
Woman in the Shadows (1971) (teleplay)
 
1972-1973 Medical Center (TV series)
A Life at Stake (1973) (story)
Tico Taco, MD (1972) (written by)
Doctor and Mr. Harper (1972) (written by)
 
1972 Bonanza (TV series)
Frenzy (1972) (story)
 
1965/II Harlow
 
1964 The 7th Dawn (screenplay)
 
1962 Taras Bulba (screenplay)
 
1962 I Thank a Fool
 
1959 Ben-Hur (screenplay)
 
1959 Libel (writer)
 
1959 Count Your Blessings (screenplay)
 
1957 The Seventh Sin (screenplay)
 
1955 The Scarlet Coat (written by)
 
1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Imperfect Lady (1954) (original screenplay)
 
1954 Beau Brummell (screenplay)
 
1954 Valley of the Kings (written by)
 
1953 Scandal at Scourie (screenplay)
 
1951 Night Into Morning (original screenplay)
 
1950 Love That Brute (screenplay "Tall, Dark and Handsome")
 
1948 You Gotta Stay Happy (written for the screen by)
 
1948 Up in Central Park (written for the screen by)
 
1947 The Imperfect Lady (adaptation and screenplay)
 
1945 Masquerade in Mexico (screenplay)
 
1945 Kitty
 
1943 Dixie (writer)
 
1942 Lucky Jordan (screen play)
 
1942 Orchestra Wives (screenplay)
 
1942 My Gal Sal (screenplay)
 
1941 Week-End in Havana (screenplay)
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. (screenplay)
 
1940 Down Argentine Way (screen play)
 
1940 Public Deb No. 1 (screenplay / story)
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress (screenplay)
 
1939 Shipyard Sally (writer)
 
1938 Submarine Patrol (contributor - uncredited)
 
1938 Hold That Co-ed (screenplay / story)
 
1938 My Lucky Star (story "They Met in Chicago")
 
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (screenplay)
 
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary (story)
 
1937 You Can't Have Everything (screenplay)
 
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1976 Rattlers (associate producer)
 
1964 The 7th Dawn (co-producer)
 
1959 Count Your Blessings (producer)
 
1948 You Gotta Stay Happy (producer)
 
1948 Up in Central Park (producer)
 
1947 The Imperfect Lady (producer)
 
1945 Masquerade in Mexico (producer)
 
1945 Kitty (associate producer)
 
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1976 Rattlers (production manager)
 
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Trivia:

Though Karl Tunberg is the only writer officially credited with writing the screenplay for "Ben-Hur", and although he was the only writer to be Oscar-nominated for the film, he is also one of the few major creative people involved with it who did not win the Academy Award that year, and it has been documented that director William Wyler was completely dissatisfied with Tunberg's script... See more »

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