Nathan E. Douglas

Nathan E. Douglas was the pseudonym of the blacklisted actor and screenwriter Nedrick Young, who co-wrote The Defiant Ones and won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay under that name, the honor later restored to his real name. He was blacklisted for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was born in Philadelphia to Russian immigrant parents; he is commonly identified as being of Jewish background, though standard biographies do not detail his religion.