Eugene Burdick was born on December 12, 1918 in Sheldon, Iowa, USA as Eugene Leonard Burdick. He is known for his work on Fail Safe (1964), Fail Safe (2000) and The Ugly American (1963). He was married to Carol Warren. He died on July 26, 1965.
[about his book "Fail-Safe", regarding a breakdown in military communications that results in an American nuclear attack on the Soviet Union] I believe it to be inevitable under the circumstances. That is why we [co-author Harvey Wheeler] wrote this book. I don't know of a scientist who has a direct knowledge of "fail-safe" who isn't worried. This is something people ought to know.
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Fact
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Served in the US Navy during WW II as a fighter pilot. Awarded the Marine Cross and Navy Cross.
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The last years of his life were lived in Berkeley, California.
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"Sarkhan", the sequel to his successful novel "The Ugly American", was suppressed by the CIA because its plot described an ongoing CIA operation in Southeast Asia. The CIA thought Burdick and his co-author, William J. Lederer, had gained access to top-secret documents. In actuality, the authors had made it all up.
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Died on a tennis court after winning the game.
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Owned property near Tahiti.
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Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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He was a decorated naval officer and a teacher at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fail Safe
2000
TV Movie novel
Fail-Safe
1964
from the novel by
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV Series story - 1 episode
The Ugly American
1963
novel
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fail-Safe
1964
script consultant - uncredited
The Ugly American
1963
script consultant - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Update
1961
TV Series
Himself
Small World
1959
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Fail-Safe (1964) as Writer
Fail Safe (2000) as Writer
The Ugly American (1963) as Writer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Writer
$1.5 Million
