George Worthing Yates

American screenwriter

George Worthing Yates (14 August 1901 in New York City – 6 June 1975 in Sonoma) was an American screenwriter and author.^[1] His early work was on serials shown in cinemas; he later progressed to feature films, primarily science fiction. He was the nephew of the head of Republic Pictures, Herbert Yates.

Filmography

Screenwriter (unless noted otherwise)

The Lone Ranger (1938) serial
The Mysterious Miss X (1939) (story)
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
Man From Frisco (1944) (story)
The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
The Spanish Main (1945)
Sinbad the Sailor (1947) (story)
The Tall Target (1951)
The Last Outpost (1951)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Those Redheads From Seattle (1953)
China Venture (1953)
Them! (1954) (story)^[2]
Conquest of Space (1955)
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
The Flame Barrier (1958)
Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Space Master X-7 (1958)
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Tormented (1960)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

References

^ "George Worthing Yates's books". Goodreads. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World. Harvard University Press. 1999. pp. 98–101. ISBN 9780674009523.