Aben Kandel

Professional Boxer, Film story contributor

1897 – 1993

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Who was Aben Kandel?

Aben Kandel was an American screenwriter, novelist, and boxer. He was screenwriter on such classic B movies as I Was A Teenage Werewolf, Joan Crawford's final movie Trog, and one of Leonard Nimoy's first starring vehicles, Kid Monk Baroni.

Kandel had an earlier scandalous success with his gritty, b-grade Hollywood novel City for Conquest, which was made into a James Cagney feature in 1940.

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Born
Aug 15, 1897
Also known as
  • Kenneth Langtry
  • Ralph Thornton
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Jan 28, 1993
Woodland Hills

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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