Vernon Harris

For the American football cornerback, see Vernon Harris (American football).

Vernon Harris (26 February 1905, Folkestone – February 1999, Surrey) was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert. Harris was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script for film Oliver! (1968).

Credits

Screenwriter

• Play Up the Band (1935)
• Joy Ride (1935)
• The Improper Duchess (1936)
• A Case for PC 49 (1951)
• Emergency Call (1952)
• Albert R.N. (1953)
• There Was a Young Lady (1953)
• The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
• The Good Die Young (1954)
• Three Men in a Boat (1956, joint nomination with Hubert Gregg for BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• The Admirable Crichton (1957)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
• Almost Angels (1962)
• Oliver! (1968 - 1969 nominee for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay)

As script editor

• The Adventurers (1970)
• Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• Moonraker (1979)
• Educating Rita (1983)

Storyboard artist

• Shirley Valentine (1989)

Actor

• Show Flat (1936)

External links

• Vernon Harris at IMDb