Philip Yordan (1914 - 2003) فيليب يوردان
Biography
American playwright, film producer, and screenwriter, born on April 1, 1914 in Chicago, USA to Polish immigrant parents. He is father of actress Phyllis Yordan and actor/dancer Byron Yordan, and grandfather of director-producer Spencer McAndrew. He earned a bachelor's degree at...Read more the University of Illinois and a law degree at Kent Law School in Chicago. His first credited work was Syncopation (1942). He won the Academy Award for Best Writing in 1954 for Broken Lance. He died on March 24, 2003 in La Jolla, California, of pancreatic cancer.
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- Battle of the Bulge
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- The Fall of the Roman Empire
- 1964 - Movie
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- The Day of the Triffids
- 1963 - Movie
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- El Cid
- 1961 - Movie
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- King of Kings
- 1961 - Movie
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- Studs Lonigan
- 1960 - Movie
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- God’s Little Acre
- 1958 - Movie
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- The Harder They Fall
- 1956 - Movie
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- The Man from Laramie
- 1955 - Movie
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- Blowing Wild
- 1953 - Movie
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- Houdini
- 1953 - Movie
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- Detective Story
- 1951 - Movie
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- The Chase
- 1946 - Movie
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American playwright, film producer, and screenwriter, born on April 1, 1914 in Chicago, USA to Polish immigrant parents. He is father of actress Phyllis Yordan and actor/dancer...Read more Byron Yordan, and grandfather of director-producer Spencer McAndrew. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Kent Law School in Chicago. His first credited work was Syncopation (1942). He won the Academy Award for Best Writing in 1954 for Broken Lance. He died on March 24, 2003 in La Jolla, California, of pancreatic cancer.
- Nationality:
- US
