# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nedrick-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:46.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nedrick-young"
name: "Nedrick Young"
slug: "nedrick-young"
description: "Nedrick Young, also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an American actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s 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 1957, which starred Elvis Presley."
tagline: "American screenwriter (1914-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nedrick_Young_in_Captain_Scarlett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1914-03-23"
deathDate: "1968-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7867132867132869
  historical:           10.57775733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949917/"
    handle:    "nm0949917"
sources:
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    title: "نیڈرک ینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nedrick Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نيدريك يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ندریک یانق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نێدریک یۆنگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedrick_Young"
    title: "Nedrick Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedrick_Young"
    title: "Nedrick Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ندریک یانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedrick_Young"
    title: "Nedrick Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedrick_Young"
    title: "Nedrick Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%84%A4%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%AD_%EC%98%81"
    title: "네드릭 영"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Янг, Недрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Nedrick Young"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump