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- Birth nameBernard Willis Gordon
- Bernard Gordon was born on October 29, 1918 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Horror Express (1972), Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) and Cry of Battle (1963). He was married to Jeannette Lewin. He died on May 11, 2007 in Hollywood Hills, California, USA.
- SpouseJeannette Lewin(March 30, 1946 - February 12, 1995) (her death, 1 child)
- ChildrenEllen Kitty Gordon
- ParentsWilliam Henry GordonHenrietta 'Kitty' Dorman
- RelativesRuth Gordon(Sibling)
- He was subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was never called, but an acquaintance named him before the committee, and he was fired from a studio and blacklisted.
- Led the protest against the honorary Oscar awarded to director Elia Kazan in 1999.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Writers Branch).
- [1997 interview in the New York Times] The action by the guild [restoring some of his writing credits] comes about 40 years too late to help my Hollywood career. I sure am angry at the way I was treated by all the major studios. They blacklisted me, and I couldn't get any work in this damn town.
- [on the all-star cast of "55 Days At Peking" (1963)]: They were all a bunch of prima donnas.
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