# Ken Englund

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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Distinguish|text=rugby player [Ken English](/source/Ken_English)}}
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| name          = Ken Englund
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1914|5|6}}
| birth_place   = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1993|8|10|1914|5|6}}
| death_place   = [Woodland Hills, Los Angeles](/source/Woodland_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California)
| occupation    = Screenwriter
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| spouse        = {{Marriage|[Mabel Albertson](/source/Mabel_Albertson)|1937|1950|end=div.}}
}}
'''Ken Englund''' (May 6, 1914 – August 10, 1993) was an American [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter). He wrote the films ''[The Big Broadcast of 1938](/source/The_Big_Broadcast_of_1938)'', ''[Artists and Models Abroad](/source/Artists_and_Models_Abroad)'', ''[There's That Woman Again](/source/There's_That_Woman_Again)'', ''[Good Girls Go to Paris](/source/Good_Girls_Go_to_Paris)'', ''[Slightly Honorable](/source/Slightly_Honorable)'', ''[The Doctor Takes a Wife](/source/The_Doctor_Takes_a_Wife)'', ''[No, No, Nanette](/source/No%2C_No%2C_Nanette_(1940_film))'', ''[This Thing Called Love](/source/This_Thing_Called_Love_(1940_film))'', ''[Nothing but the Truth](/source/Nothing_but_the_Truth_(1941_film))'', ''[Rings on Her Fingers](/source/Rings_on_Her_Fingers)'', ''[Springtime in the Rockies](/source/Springtime_in_the_Rockies)'', ''[Sweet Rosie O'Grady](/source/Sweet_Rosie_O'Grady)'', ''[Here Come the Waves](/source/Here_Come_the_Waves)'', ''[The Unseen](/source/The_Unseen_(1945_film))'', ''[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty](/source/The_Secret_Life_of_Walter_Mitty_(1947_film))'', ''[Good Sam](/source/Good_Sam_(1948_film))'', ''[A Millionaire for Christy](/source/A_Millionaire_for_Christy)'', ''[Androcles and the Lion](/source/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(1952_film))'', ''[Never Wave at a WAC](/source/Never_Wave_at_a_WAC)'', ''[The Vagabond King](/source/The_Vagabond_King_(1956_film))'' and ''[The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz](/source/The_Wicked_Dreams_of_Paula_Schultz)''.<ref name=upi>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/08/11/Screenwriter-Kenneth-Englund-dead-at-78/7293745041600/ |title=Screenwriter Kenneth Englund dead at 78 |publisher=Upi.com |date=1993-08-11 |accessdate=2019-04-06}}</ref>

He got a job in his 20s as a writer for [Phil Baker](/source/Phil_Baker_(comedian))'s radio show and joined [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures) in 1937. He was the lead writer for [Joyce Brothers](/source/Joyce_Brothers)' television series.<ref name=nytobit/>

He was president of the [Writers Guild of America West](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_West) from 1958 to 1961 and became vice president of the council in 1961.<ref name=nytobit/>

He also had three books published: ''Tour D'Amour,'' ''Larks in a Casserole'' and ''The Ghosts in Emily's Trunk''.<ref name=upi/>

After his divorce from [Mabel Albertson](/source/Mabel_Albertson) in 1950 he married Bernadine Simpson from [Waupaca, Wisconsin](/source/Waupaca%2C_Wisconsin) who appeared in ''Never Wave at a WAC''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Local Girl Makes Good|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=August 26, 1953|page=20|url=https://archive.org/details/variety191-1953-08/page/n213/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=March 16, 2024|via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)}}</ref>

After a stroke in 1985, he moved into the [Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital](/source/Motion_Picture_%26_Television_Fund) in [Woodland Hills, Los Angeles](/source/Woodland_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California). He died on August 10, 1993, in the hospital at age 79.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/13/obituaries/ken-englund-is-dead-screenwriter-was-79.html |title=Ken Englund Is Dead; Screenwriter Was 79 |page=B8|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=1993-08-13 |accessdate=2019-04-06}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0257700}}

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