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American actor and screenwriter (–)

Nedrick Young (March 23, – September 16, ), also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas,^[1] was an American actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the s and s 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 , which starred Elvis Presley.

Young was born in Philadelphia. In addition to screenwriting, he took acting roles in various feature-length films from to

Recognition

The Defiant Ones received an Oscar for the "best screenplay written directly for the screen" in ^[2] For the same film, Young and co-writer Harold Jacob Smith won a Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, from the Mystery Writers of America. Inherit the Wind was also nominated for, but did not win, an Academy Award in The same year, he and others brought a law suit against Birthplace of abraham bible!