Gerald Green was an American

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 author, journalist, producer and director.

Biography

Green was born in Brooklyn, New York as Gerald Greenberg. He was the son of a physician, Dr. Samuel Greenberg.

Green attended Columbia College

Columbia College of Columbia University

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, where he edited the Jester

Jester of Columbia

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, starred in several Varsity Show

Varsity Show

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s, and was a member of the Philolexian Society

Philolexian Society

The Philolexian Society of Columbia University is one of the oldest college literary societies in the United States, and the oldest student group at Columbia...

. He graduated from the college in 1942 and, after serving in the US Army in Europe

Europe

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 during the Second World War, where he was also the editor

Editing

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 of the army's Stars and Stripes

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newspaper, he returned to New York to attend the Columbia Journalism School.

Green wrote many novels, the best known being The Last Angry Man, published in 1956. It was adapted into a movie by the same name

The Last Angry Man

The Last Angry Man is a drama film which tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician. It stars Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Billy Dee Williams , and Godfrey Cambridge....

 which was nominated for Academy Awards

Academy Awards

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 for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Actor

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 (Paul Muni) and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Art Direction

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. His other novels include His Majesty O'Keefe (co-authored with Lawrence Klingman), adapted into a 1954 film

His Majesty O'Keefe

His Majesty O'Keefe is a 1954 adventure film starring Burt Lancaster. The film was directed by Byron Haskin and Otto Heller and included choreography by Daniel Nagrin...

, North West, Portofino PTA, To Brooklyn With Love, My Son the Jock, The Lotus Eaters and East and West. His 1962 novel Portofino P.T.A. was adapted into a musical, Something More!

Something More!

Something More! is a musical with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman. The book by Nate Monaster is based on the 1962 novel Portofino P.T.A. by Gerald Green...

, by composer Sammy Fain

Sammy Fain

Sammy Fain was an American composer of popular music.-Biography:Sammy Fain was born in New York City. In 1923, Fain appeared with Artie Dunn in a short film directed by Lee De Forest filmed in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. In 1925, Fain left the Fain-Dunn act to devote himself to...

 and lyricists Marilyn

Marilyn Bergman

Marilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...

 and Alan Bergman

Alan Bergman

Alan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...

.

He wrote the teleplay

Teleplay

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 for Holocaust, a critically acclaimed 1978 TV miniseries that won eight Emmy Awards, including one for "Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series," and was credited with persuading the West German

West Germany

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 government to repeal the statute of limitations on Nazi war crimes. He later adapted the script into a novel of the same title. In recognition for this effort, Green was awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld

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 International Peace Prize

International Peace Prize

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 for literature, 1979. Green won another Emmy nomination for his 1985 TV script for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story. Green was also a writer, producer, and director for NBC News

NBC News

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. In 1952, he co-created (with Dave Garroway

Dave Garroway

David Cunningham "Dave" Garroway was the founding host of NBC's Today from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing, relaxed, and relaxing style belied a battle with depression that may have contributed to the end of his days as a leading television personality—and, eventually, his life...

) NBC

NBC

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's The Today Show.

Green lived in Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

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 for twenty years and moved to New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, northeast of Stamford, on the Fivemile River. The population was 19,738 according to the 2010 census.The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States...

. His first wife, Marie, died of cancer. They had three children: Nancy, Ted and David. He married Marlene Eagle in 1979. Green died of pneumonia

Pneumonia

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 in Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...

on August 29, 2006.

Novels

• His Majesty O'Keefe (1950) (with Lawrence Klingman)
• The Sword and the Sun (1953)
• The Last Angry Man (1956)
• The Lotus Eaters (1959)
• The Heartless Light (1962)
• The Portofino P.T.A (1962)
• The Legion of Noble Christians: Or, the Sweeney Survey (1966)
• To Brooklyn with Love (1967)
• Faking It: Or, the Wrong Hungarian (1971)
• Block Buster (1972)
• Tourist (1973)
• My Son the Jock (1975)
• Hostage Heart (1976)
• An American Prophet (1977)
• Prophet of the Wild (1977)
• Artists of Terezin (1978)
• Holocaust (1978 by Transworld Publishers)
• Healers (1979)
• The Healing (1979)
• Girl (1979)
• The Chains (1980)
• Murfy's Men (1982)
• Karpov's Brain (1983)
• Not in Vain (1984)
• East and West (1986 and 1987 by Fawcett Publishing) - ISBN 0449213668 and ISBN 978-0449213667

Non fiction

• The Observer's Book of Aircraft. (1959)
• The Stones of Zion: A Novelist's Journal in Israel (1971)