Arthur A. Ross (February 4, 1920 – November 11, 2008) was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for writing the Oscar-nominated script for ''

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'', ''

The Great Race ''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor epic slapstick comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross) and with music by Henr ...

'', and for co-writing ''

Creature from the Black Lagoon ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars ...

'' with Harry Essex. He wrote numerous episodes of

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and won the

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for Thanatos Palace Hotel episode. He served in the

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during

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and was blacklisted in Hollywood during the

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. His son is writer, producer, and director Gary Ross. His daughter is constitutional and Indigenous rights lawyer, Stephanie Ross.

Partial filmography

* ''

'' (1980) * '' Satan's School for Girls'' (1973) * ''

'' (1965) * '' The Three Worlds of Gulliver'' (1960) * ''

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' San Quentin'' (1946)

References

External links

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The Arthur A. Ross Papers
1920 births 2008 deaths American television writers American male screenwriters American male television writers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters United States Army personnel of World War II Writers Guild of America Award winners {{US-film-bio-stub