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Karl Tunberg (March 11, 1907 − April 3, 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer. His screenplays for Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) and Ben-Hur (1959) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay , respectively.
Karl Tunberg was born on 11 March 1909 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ben-Hur (1959), Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) and Up in Central Park (1948). He died on 3 April 1992 in London, England, UK.
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Karl Tunberg was born on 11 March 1909 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ben-Hur (1959), Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) and Up in Central Park (1948). He died on 3 April 1992 in London, England, UK.
- March 11, 1909
- April 3, 1992
Karl Owen Tunberg, the future screenwriter, was born in Spokane, Washington, on March 11, 1907 to Karl Emil Tunberg (1874-1962) and Centennial 'Cenna' Independence Firebaugh (1876-1967). Karl Owen had an older brother (of the same parents) named William, who also became a screenwriter as an adult.
Dec 14, 2021 · Karl Tunberg wrote the original screenplay over five years before principal photography began. Writers Christopher Fry and Gore Vidal were hired to make script changes during filming, and Maxwell Anderson and S. N. Behrman were also contributing writers.
Karl Tunberg. Screen Writers Guild President, 1950-1951. Karl Tunberg wrote or co-wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Down Argentine Way (1940), the Oscar-nominated Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941), Orchestra Wives (1942), the WGA- and Oscar-nominated Ben-Hur (1959), and episodes of the television series Bonanza, Mannix, and Cannon.
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Apr 11, 1992 · Karl Tunberg, 83, who was nominated for an Academy Award for scripting the Hollywood epic film “Ben-Hur.” A native of Spokane, Wash., Tunberg moved his family to England 20 years ago.
