---
name: "Karl Tunberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-tunberg"
fi1m_id: "karl-tunberg"
imdb_id: "nm0876562"
tmdb_id: 10003
wikidata_id: "Q459300"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 March 1909"
died: "3 April 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:29:10.694912+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karl Tunberg

## Identity

Karl Tunberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-tunberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-tunberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0876562
- **TMDB ID:** 10003
- **Wikidata ID:** Q459300
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Tunberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10003

Writer. Born 11 March 1909 in Spokane, Washington, USA. Died 3 April 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 March 1909, Spokane, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 3 April 1992
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Tunberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10003

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Ben-Hur*](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *CHiPs* (1977), series, Writer
- *Lanigan's Rabbi* (1977), series, Writer
- *Rattlers* (1976), Production Manager, Associate Producer
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Writer
- *How Do I Love Thee?* (1970), Writer
- *Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?* (1968), Screenplay
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Writer
- *Harlow* (1965), Writer
- *The 7th Dawn* (1964), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *Taras Bulba* (1962), Screenplay
- *I Thank a Fool* (1962), Writer
- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)
- *Libel* (1959), Screenplay
- *Count Your Blessings* (1959), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Seventh Sin* (1957), Screenplay
- *The Scarlet Coat* (1955), Screenplay
- *Beau Brummell* (1954), Screenplay
- *Valley of the Kings* (1954), Writer
- *Scandal at Scourie* (1953), Writer
- *Because You're Mine* (1952), Screenplay
- *The Law and the Lady* (1951), Writer
- *Night Into Morning* (1951), Screenplay
- *Love That Brute* (1950), Screenplay
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Writer
- *You Gotta Stay Happy* (1948), Producer, Screenplay
- *Up in Central Park* (1948), Producer, Screenplay
- *The Imperfect Lady* (1946), Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
- *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), Screenplay, Producer
- *Kitty* (1945), Writer, Associate Producer
- *Bring on the Girls* (1945), Screenplay
- *Standing Room Only* (1944), Screenplay
- *Dixie* (1943), Writer
- *Lucky Jordan* (1942), Screenplay
- *Orchestra Wives* (1942), Screenplay
- *My Gal Sal* (1942), Screenplay
- *Week-End in Havana* (1941), Screenplay
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), Screenplay
- *Tall, Dark and Handsome* (1941), Screenplay
- *Down Argentine Way* (1940), Screenplay
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), Story, Writer
- *I Was an Adventuress* (1940), Screenplay
- *Shipyard Sally* (1939), Writer
- *Hold That Co-ed* (1938), Screenplay, Story
- *My Lucky Star* (1938), Story
- *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), Screenplay
- *Sally, Irene and Mary* (1938), Story
- *Life Begins in College* (1937), Writer
- *You Can't Have Everything* (1937), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1960: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Ben-Hur*
- 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Tall, Dark and Handsome*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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