[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #4919, aired 2006-01-19 [PAR] The role of Ben-Hur was reportedly turned down by Rock Hudson ... This author 
of "Burr" & "Lincoln" did uncredited screenwriting for "Ben-Hur"... [DOC] [TLE] National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ... - The Portraits [PAR] A liberal social commentator and writer on current events, Vidal participated ... 
including Washington, D.C. (1967), Burr (1974), 1876 (1976), and Lincoln ... Also 
a playwright and screenwriter, Vidal was an uncredited "script doctor" for Ben Hur
. [DOC] [TLE] Burr Steers - Wikipedia [PAR] Burr Gore Steers (born October 8, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, and 
director; notable films include Igby Goes Down (2002) and 17 Again (2009). [DOC] [TLE] Gore Vidal - Wikipedia [PAR] Gore Vidal was an American writer and a public intellectual known for his 
patrician manner, .... The nephews of Gore Vidal include Burr Steers, a writer and 
film director, and .... doctor to rewrite the screenplay for Ben-Hur (1959), originally 
written by Karl Tunberg. ..... He did not subscribe to American values, in the least. [DOC] [TLE] Saturday Art: Influential Authors: Gore Vidal - Shadowproof [PAR] Aug 2, 2014 ... Yet when I think of Gore Vidal as an author, I tend to think of all his ... that the 
same person who wrote Burr and Lincoln was also the author of ... including an 
uncredited writing support for the movie Ben Hur (one of four on that movie.) ... 
He wrote the screenplay for the movie Caligula which wiki describes as:. [DOC] [TLE] Movies - University of Pittsburgh [PAR] The first three of these roles were uncredited cameos in films that he wrote: 
Suddenly, Last ... when he correctly replied to: "This author of Burr and Lincoln, 
although uncredited, contributed to the screenplay of the 1959 film version of Ben
-Hur. [DOC] [TLE] Gore Vidal, iconoclastic author, dies at 86 - Baltimore Sun [PAR] Aug 1, 2012 ... Gore Vidal dies at 86; iconoclastic author ... The reading public knew him as a 
literary juggernaut who wrote 25 novels from the historical "Lincoln" to the 
satirical ... Hills from complications of pneumonia, his nephew Burr Steers said. 
.... He was an uncredited writer on the 1959 blockbuster "Ben Hur,"... [DOC] [TLE] Author Gore Vidal dies: Was knows for best-selling novels 'Burr ... [PAR] Aug 1, 2012 ... The prolific, and often controversial, writer Gore Vidal, who ... Vidal penned 
historical novels like "Burr" and "Lincoln" as well as highly ... He also contributed (
uncredited) to the screenplay for 1959's Oscar winning "Ben-Hur,"... [DOC] [TLE] Gore Vidal's new memoirs | EW.com [PAR] Nov 3, 2006 ... The prolific author chats with EW about ''Point to Point Navigation'' ... Breckinridge 
to scholarly works like Burr and Lincoln), well over 200 essays, ... scripts (
including an uncredited rewrite on Ben-Hur)  this second volume of ... research 
in a New York City bar), Eleanor Roosevelt (Vidal still does a killer... [DOC] [TLE] 30 Movie Scripts Written By Authors | GamesRadar+ [PAR] Nov 13, 2013 ... The Screenplay: Following Danny Boyle's adaptation of The Beach , he 
collaborated with Garland again for this original screenplay that turned... [DOC] [TLE] R.I.P. Gore Vidal - RPLS.com [PAR] Gore Vidal, author and essayist of the last 50 years, has passed ... His credits as 
a novelist include: The City and the Pillar, Burr, 1876, Lincoln, Hollywood, The 
Golden Age, ... As a screenwriter, his works include The Catered Affair, Ben-Hur 
... Vidal also did some acting with appearances in the films Gattaca... [DOC] [TLE] A Roaring Literary Lion: Remembering Gore Vidal, 19252012 ... [PAR] Aug 1, 2012 ... Gore Vidal appreciation: The writer-provocateur tried to shake ... breadth: 
authorship of best-selling historical novels (Burr, Lincoln),

Question: This author of "Burr" & "Lincoln" did uncredited screenwriting for "Ben-Hur"
Answer: Gore Vidal