Philip Yordan (1914–2003)

Writer | Producer | Actor

Philip Yordan was born on April 1, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, ...

Born: April 1, 1914
Died: March 24, 2003 (age 88)

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Filmography

Known For

Detective Story Writer (1951)
Broken Lance Writer (1954)
Dillinger Writer (1945)
Known For

Battle of the Bulge Writer (1965)
Writer

Too Bad About Jack (1994)
Dead Girls Don't Tango (1992)
Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992)
The Unholy (1988)
Bloody Wednesday (1988)
Cry Wilderness (1987)
Night Train to Terror (1985)
The Dark Side to Love (1984)
Savage Journey (1983)
Cataclysm (1980)
Anna Lucasta (1977)
Brigham (1977)
Bad Man's River (1971)
Captain Apache (1971)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Circus World (1964)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Invasion of the Triffids (1963)
El Cid (1961)
King of Kings (1961)
Studs Lonigan (1960)
The Bramble Bush (1960)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Anna Lucasta (1958)
God's Little Acre (1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
The Bravados (1958)
Island Women (1958)
No Down Payment (1957)
Street of Sinners (1957)
Gun Glory (1957)
Four Boys and a Gun (1957)
Men in War (1957)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956)
Lux Video Theatre (1954-1956)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
The Last Frontier (1955)
Joe MacBeth (1955)
The Man from Laramie (1955)
Conquest of Space (1955)
The Big Combo (1955)
Broken Lance (1954)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Man Crazy (1953)
Blowing Wild (1953)
Houdini (1953)
Mara Maru (1952)
Mutiny (1952)
Detective Story (1951)
Drums in the Deep South (1951)
No Way Out (1950)
Edge of Doom (1950)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Reign of Terror (1949)
Anna Lucasta (1949)
House of Strangers (1949)
Badmen of Tombstone (1949)
The Chase (1946)
Suspense (1946)
Whistle Stop (1946)
Woman Who Came Back (1945)
Dillinger (1945)
When Strangers Marry (1944)
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
The Unknown Guest (1943)
Writer

Syncopation (1942)
Producer

Bloody Wednesday (1988)
Cry Wilderness (1987)
Savage Journey (1983)
Brigham (1977)
Horror Express (1972)
Captain Apache (1971)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
Custer of the West (1967)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Crack in the World (1965)
The Thin Red Line (1964)
Invasion of the Triffids (1963)
Assignment: Underwater (1960-1961)
Studs Lonigan (1960)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Street of Sinners (1957)
The Wild Party (1956)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Man Crazy (1953)
Anna Lucasta (1949)
Producer

Whistle Stop (1946)
Actor

The Dark Side to Love Dirty Old Moviegoer (1984)
Actor

Suspense Party Guest (1946)

Awards

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Trivia

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).

[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 ...