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name: "Lorenzo Semple Jr."
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "27 March 1923"
died: "28 March 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
updated: "2026-09-16T11:07:49.786966+00:00"
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# Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Screenwriter. Born 27 March 1923 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA. Died 28 March 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 27 March 1923, Mount Kisco, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 March 2014
- **Active:** 1973–1975
- **Also known as:** Lorenzo Semple, Lorenzo Elliott Semple III

## Biography

Lorenzo Semple Jr. was an American screenwriter and playwright. He wrote the screenplays for the films *Papillon* (1973) and *Three Days of the Condor* (1975).

Semple created the 1960s television series *Batman* and wrote screenplays for films including *The Parallax View* (1974), *King Kong* (1976), *Flash Gordon* (1980) and *Never Say Never Again* (1983). He was born on 27 March 1923 in Mount Kisco, New York, and died on 28 March 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)
- *Papillon* (1973), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/papillon.md)

## Also known for

- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Screenplay
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Screenplay
- *Batman* (1966), Screenplay
- *King Kong* (1976), Screenplay
- *Batman* (1966), Writer
- *The Parallax View* (1974), Screenplay
- *Condor* (2018), Screenplay
- *Sheena* (1984), Screenplay

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