László Görög (born László Guttmann; September 30, 1903July 24, 1997) was a Hungarian-American

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Life and career

László Görög was born in

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. His mother's maiden name was Preisz. He emigrated to the United States in 1939. In 1942, he first worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter on an episode of

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's star-studded anthology film ''

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''. Before 1946, he had occasional jobs on feature films with various production companies. In 1945, he co-wrote '' The Affairs of Susan'', for which he was nominated for an

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. From 1953 he worked frequently as a screenwriter, now mainly for the American television. In 1963 he retired from show business. He was married to his wife Helen until his death at the age of 93 years in

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. Görög's stepgrandson is American comedian

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Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1942) * '' The Affairs of Susan'' (1945) * '' She Wouldn’t Say Yes'' (1945) * ''Murder in the Music Hall'' (1946) * '' The Mole People'' (1956) * '' The Land Unknown'' (1957) * '' Earth vs. the Spider'' (1958) * '' Too Soon to Love'' (1960) * '' Of Love and Desire'' (1963)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorog, Laszlo American male screenwriters 1903 births 1997 deaths Austrian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters