Vernon Harris

{{Short description|British screenwriter (1905–1999)}}

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Vernon Harris (26 February 1905 – February 1999) was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/lewis-gilbert-versatile-director-british-cinema-hits|title=Lewis Gilbert obituary: director who entertained Britain for decades | Sight & Sound|website=British Film Institute}} who said:

[Harris] worked with me in some way on almost every film I did over nearly forty years. In those early days, we very often did the complete screenplay together. Vernon’s real strength was as a script editor. We would lay out the scenario together and we would then usually depend upon a dialogue writer to supply the dialogue.{{cite book|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|page=221|url=https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofb0000unse_i5w8/page/221/mode/1up?|title= An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it|year=1997}}

Harris was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his script for film Oliver! (1968).'Friends' Together Again

Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 7 Aug 1974: f16.

Harris was born in Folkestone. He worked extensively for radio at the BBC, notably on PC49 and Band Waggon.CRIME DOES PAY: --for Alan Stranks, the writer who created radio's famous characters P.-c. 49 and Flint of the Flying Squad

Shirley Long, H W. Answers; London Vol. 122, Iss. 3164, (Dec 20, 1952): 6.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/vernon-gilbert-harris-p93551|title=Vernon Gilbert Harris | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}} He died in Surrey.