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George Clayton Johnson

Writing

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Directed credits

0

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TMDB popularity

4.1

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 1885

IMDb ID: nm0425138

Known for: Writing

Born: July 10, 1929

Died: December 25, 2015

Age: 86

Place of birth: Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 2018

Years active: 64

Average TMDB rating: 7.2

Wikidata: Q325422

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Biography

George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer who co-wrote with William F. Nolan the novel Logan's Run, the basis for the 1976 MGM film. He also wrote television scripts for The Twilight Zone (including "Nothing in the Dark", "Kick the Can", "A Game of Pool", and "A Penny for Your Thoughts"), and the first telecast episode of Star Trek, entitled "The Man Trap". He also wrote the story and screenplay on which the 1960 film Ocean's 11 and its 2001 remake were based. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clayton Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.