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Philip Yordan(1914-2003)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Philip Yordan was born on 1 April 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Detective Story (1951), Broken Lance (1954) and Dillinger (1945). He was previously married to Faith Clift and Marilyn Nash. He died on 24 March 2003 in La Jolla, California, USA.
BornApril 1, 1914
DiedMarch 24, 2003(88)
BornApril 1, 1914
DiedMarch 24, 2003(88)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)
Detective Story
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1951
Broken Lance (1954)
Broken Lance
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1954
Anne Jeffreys and Lawrence Tierney in Dillinger (1945)
Dillinger
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1945
Reign of Terror (1949)
Reign of Terror
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1949

Credits

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Writer

  • Too Bad About Jack
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • Dead Girls Don't Tango (1992)
    Dead Girls Don't Tango
    • Writer
    • 1992
  • Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992)
    Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars
    • Writer
    • 1992
  • Ben Cross and Nicole Fortier in The Unholy (1988)
    The Unholy
    • written by
    • 1988
  • Bloody Wednesday (1988)
    Bloody Wednesday
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1988
  • Cry Wilderness (1987)
    Cry Wilderness
    • original story
    • screenplay
    • 1987
  • Night Train to Terror (1985)
    Night Train to Terror
    • screenplay
    • 1985
  • Death Wish Club (1984)
    Death Wish Club
    • screenplay
    • 1984
  • Savage Journey (1983)
    Savage Journey
    • screenplay
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Cataclysm (1980)
    Cataclysm
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Anna Lucasta
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 1977
  • Brigham (1977)
    Brigham
    • Writer
    • 1977
  • Bad Man's River (1971)
    Bad Man's River
    • screenplay
    • 1971
  • Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, and Stuart Whitman in Captain Apache (1971)
    Captain Apache
    • screenplay
    • 1971
  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
    The Royal Hunt of the Sun
    • writer
    • 1969

Producer

  • Bloody Wednesday (1988)
    Bloody Wednesday
    • producer
    • 1988
  • Cry Wilderness (1987)
    Cry Wilderness
    • producer
    • 1987
  • Savage Journey (1983)
    Savage Journey
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Brigham (1977)
    Brigham
    • executive producer
    • 1977
  • Horror Express (1972)
    Horror Express
    • co-producer (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, and Stuart Whitman in Captain Apache (1971)
    Captain Apache
    • producer
    • 1971
  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
    The Royal Hunt of the Sun
    • producer
    • 1969
  • Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
    Krakatoa: East of Java
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Shaw, Ty Hardin, Lawrence Tierney, and Mary Ure in Custer of the West (1967)
    Custer of the West
    • producer: a Louis Dolivet Philip Yordan production
    • 1967
  • Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Dana Andrews, Pier Angeli, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Ty Hardin, James MacArthur, George Montgomery, Robert Ryan, and Barbara Werle in Battle of the Bulge (1965)
    Battle of the Bulge
    • producer
    • 1965
  • Dana Andrews, Alexander Knox, Kieron Moore, and Janette Scott in Crack in the World (1965)
    Crack in the World
    • executive producer
    • 1965
  • The Thin Red Line (1964)
    The Thin Red Line
    • producer
    • 1964
  • The Day of the Triffids (1963)
    The Day of the Triffids
    • executive producer
    • 1963
  • Assignment: Underwater (1960)
    Assignment: Underwater
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1960–1961
  • Studs Lonigan (1960)
    Studs Lonigan
    • producer
    • 1960

Actor

  • Death Wish Club (1984)
    Death Wish Club
    • Dirty Old Moviegoer
    • 1984
  • Belita and Barry Sullivan in Suspense (1946)
    Suspense
    • Party Guest (uncredited)
    • 1946

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 1, 1914
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • March 24, 2003
    • La Jolla, California, USA(pancreatic cancer)
  • Spouses
      Faith Clift1964 - March 24, 2003 (his death)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Man of the West". NOTE: Filmed as Gun Glory (1957).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • 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.
  • Quotes
    [on serving as a "front" for blacklisted writers in the 1950s]: I tell you, I never read a newspaper until I was fifty. I never looked at television until the 1970s. I never read "Time" magazine. I never tended to be political, I never voted. So I didn't understand this whole blacklist thing.
  • Nickname
    • Phil

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