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

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 Julien Duvivier's star-studded anthology film ''

Tales of Manhattan ''Tales of Manhattan'' is a 1942 American anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. Thirteen writers, including Ben Hecht, Alan Campbell, Ferenc Molnár, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Donald Ogden Stewart, worked on the six stories in this film. Ba ...

''. Before 1946, he had occasional jobs on feature films with various production companies. In 1945, he co-wrote ''

The Affairs of Susan ''The Affairs of Susan'' is a 1945 American romantic comedy drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Joan Fontaine, Walter Abel, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe and Don DeFore. It is also known as ''Chameleon''. Plot Susan Darel ...

'', 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 Adam Carolla.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1942) * ''

'' (1945) * ''

She Wouldn’t Say Yes ''She Wouldn't Say Yes'' is a 1945 screwball comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell and Lee Bowman. Plot A psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lane, is leaving a military hospital after spending two weeks working with patients ...

'' (1945) * ''Murder in the Music Hall'' (1946) * ''

The Mole People ''The Mole People'' is a 1956 American science fiction adventure film distributed by Universal International, which was produced by William Alland, directed by Virgil W. Vogel, and stars John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Cynthia Patrick. The st ...

'' (1956) * ''

The Land Unknown ''The Land Unknown'' is a 1957 science fiction CinemaScope adventure film about a naval expedition trapped in an Antarctic jungle. The story was allegedly inspired by the discovery of unusually warm water in Antarctica in 1947. It stars Jock M ...

'' (1957) * ''

Earth vs. the Spider ''Earth vs. the Spider'' (a.k.a. ''The Spider'') is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also provided the plot upon which the screenplay by George Wort ...

'' (1958) * ''

Too Soon to Love ''Too Soon to Love'', also known as ''High School Honeymoon'' and ''Teenage Lovers'', is a 1960 American exploitation film directed by Richard Rush and starring Richard Evans, Jennifer West and Jack Nicholson. The film was considered by some crit ...

'' (1960) * ''

Of Love and Desire ''Of Love and Desire'' is a 1963 film directed by Richard Rush and starring Merle Oberon, Steve Cochran and Curd Jürgens Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He ...

'' (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