Philip Yordan

Birth Name:

Phillip Yordan

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Actor

Won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1952 for his work on "Detective Story․"
Earned a law degree from Kent College of Law in Chicago
Is the grandfather of production manager Spence McAndrew
As a teenager, he ran a mail order beauty supply store out of his family's basement
Became interested in writing due to his fascination with detective stories at a young age
Was primarily known as a script doctor for his acclaimed rewrites of various screenplays
Would often write screenplays that included "tough-guy" characters, such as his work on "Dillinger," "Detective Story" and "The Big Combo․"
During the blacklisting era in Hollywood, he would allow blacklisted writers to use his name in order to produce screenplays

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