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Philip Yordan
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It is catalogued under topics including 1914 births, 2003 deaths and 20th-century American male writers.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Reign of terror (1949)
- Harder they fall
- Houdini
- Betrayed
- The fall of the Roman Empire
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 – March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film producer, novelist and playwright. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee, winning Best Story for Broken Lance (1954). From Wikipedia.
Known for
- Death Wish Club — Dirty Old Moviegoer1984
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Philip
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- La Jolla
- Occupation
- producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Edgar Awards
- Field of work
- film production
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- United States
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- date of birth
- 1914-04-01
- date of death
- 2003-03-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- name in native language
- Philip Yordan
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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1914 births2003 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American screenwritersAmerican expatriates in SpainAmerican male screenwritersAmerican people of Polish-Jewish descentBest Story Academy Award winnersChicago-Kent College of Law alumniDeaths from pancreatic cancer in CaliforniaEdgar Award winnersFilm producers from IllinoisUniversity of Illinois alumni