Nedrick Young

Actor 10 / Writer 6 · 1943 – 1999 · 🎬 16 · 🇺🇸 United States

Nedrick Young, also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an American actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s for refusing to confirm or deny membership of the Communist Party before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA). He is credited with writing the story for Jailhouse Rock in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley.

All · 16 🎬 Movies · 16

Drama Thriller Crime Western Romance

Highlights

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1999

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1986

The Train

The Train

1964

Frequent Collaborators

Harold Jacob Smith

5 shared

Joseph H. Lewis

4 shared

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

3 shared

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

3 shared

Stanley Kramer

3 shared

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

2 shared

All decades 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

🎬 Movies

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

writer

1999

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

writer

1986

The Train

The Train

writer

1964

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

writer

1960

Terror in a Texas Town

Terror in a Texas Town

actor

1958

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

writer

1958

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

actor

1958

Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock

writer

1957

Riding Shotgun

Riding Shotgun

actor

1954

Crime Wave

Crime Wave

actor

1953

The Iron Mistress

The Iron Mistress

actor

1952

Retreat, Hell!

Retreat, Hell!

actor

1952

A Lady Without Passport

A Lady Without Passport

actor

1950

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

actor

1950

Border Incident

Border Incident

actor

1949

Ladies' Day

Ladies' Day

actor

1943

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