Biography for
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Date of Birth

1 April 1914, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Date of Death

24 March 2003, La Jolla, California, USA (pancreatic cancer)

Nickname

Phil

Spouse

Faith Yordan	(c. 1964 - 24 March 2003) (his death)
Marilyn Nash	(? - ?)

Trivia

Although also a prolific writer himself, he served as a front for friends and other writers who had been blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Living in Paris during the blacklist days, his basement was often filled with blacklisted writers working in cubicles, churning out screenplays.

Born to Polish immigrants, he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Kent College of Law in Chicago.

He was, unusually, not included in the Memoriam Tribute at the 76th Annual Academy Awards, despite being a three-time nominee and receiving the Best Writing Oscar in 1954 for Broken Lance (1954).

Father of actress Phyllis Yordan.

Grandfather of director producer Spencer McAndrew.