Vernon Harris

Vernon Harris (26 February 1905, Folkestone – February 1999, Surrey) was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert. Harris was nominated for an Oscar for his script for Oliver! (1968).

Screenwriter

• Play Up the Band (1935)
• Joy Ride (1935)
• A Case for PC 49 (1951)
• Emergency Call (1952)
• Albert R.N. (1953)
• The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
• The Good Die Young (1954)
• Three Men in a Boat (1956, joint nomination with Hubert Gregg for BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• The Admirable Crichton (1957)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
• Almost Angels (1962)
• Oliver! (1968 - 1969 nominee for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay)

As script editor

• The Adventurers (1970)
• Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• Moonraker (1979)
• Educating Rita (1983)

Storyboard artist

• Shirley Valentine (1989)

Actor

• Show Flat (1936)