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Nedrick Young (1914–1968)

Actor | Writer

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Won the Oscar for best screenplay ( The Defiant Ones) under the pseudonymous Nathan E. Douglas after being blacklisted for invoking his Fifth Amendment rights while testifying before the 1953 House Committee on Un-American Activities. See more trivia »

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 54) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1966 Seconds
Henry Bushman (as Ned Young)
 
1958 Terror in a Texas Town
Johnny Crale (as Ned Young)
 
1958 The Defiant Ones
Prison Guard in Truck (uncredited)
 
1954 Crime Wave
Gat Morgan
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story
Jack (uncredited)
 
1953 So This Is Love
Harry Corbett (uncredited)
 
1953 House of Wax
Leon Averill (uncredited)
 
1953 Captain Scarlett
Pierre DuCloux
 
1953 She's Back on Broadway
Rafferty
 
1952 The Iron Mistress
Henri Contrecourt (as Ned Young)
 
1952 Springfield Rifle
Sgt. Poole (uncredited)
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– A Quarter for Your Troubles (1952) (as Ned Young)
 
1952 Aladdin and His Lamp
Hassan (as Ned Young)
 
1952 Retreat, Hell!
Sgt. Novak (as Ned Young)
 
1952 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Baxter
– Unexpected Guest (1952) … Baxter
 
1951 Inside Straight
Accountant (uncredited)
 
1950 A Lady Without Passport
Harry Nordell
 
1950 Love That Brute
Rocky (uncredited)
 
1950 Gun Crazy
Dave Allister
 
1949 Border Incident
Happy (uncredited)
 
1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Parsons (uncredited)
 
1948 The Gallant Blade
Sergeant Martine
 
1948 The Swordsman
Bruce Glowan
 
1947 Unexpected Guest
Ralph Baxter (as Ned Young)
 
1946 The Devil's Playground
Curly Evans (as Ned Young)
 
1946 Gay Blades
Gary Lester
 
1943 Ladies' Day
Tony D'Angelo
 
1943 Dead Men Walk
Dr. David Bentley
 
1942 Bombs Over Burma
Slim Jenkins
 
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1999 Inherit the Wind (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1986 The Defiant Ones (TV movie) (story / as Nathan Douglas)
 
1968 Shadow on the Land (TV movie) (written by)
 
1964 The Train (uncredited)
 
1960 Inherit the Wind (screenplay / originally as Nathan E. Douglas)
 
1958 The Defiant Ones (written by / originally as Nathan E. Douglas)
 
1957 Jailhouse Rock (story / as Ned Young)
 
1951 Passage West (front for Alvah Bessie)
 
1948 Rusty Leads the Way (screenplay)
 
1947 Joe Palooka in the Knockout
 
1946 Decoy (screenplay / as Ned Young)
 
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1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Writing Award Winner
 

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Won the Oscar for best screenplay ( The Defiant Ones) under the pseudonymous Nathan E. Douglas after being blacklisted for invoking his Fifth Amendment rights while testifying before the 1953 House Committee on Un-American Activities. See more »

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