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

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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 ''She Wouldn't Say Yes'' is a 1945 American screwball comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell, Lee Bowman and Adele Jergens. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot A psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lane, ...

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

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

'' (1956) * ''

The Land Unknown ''The Land Unknown'' is a 1957 American 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 st ...

'' (1957) * '' Earth vs. the Spider'' (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 criti ...

'' (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. Plot American engineer Steve Corey moves to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and ...

'' (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