Ralph Block, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Block

film producer

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1889

Place of Birth: Cherokee, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1974

Profession: screenwriter, journalist, film producer, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ralph J.
Block (June 21, 1889, Cherokee – January 2, 1974, Wheaton) was an American film producer in the 1920s and became a full-time screenwriter in 1930.
He is most famous, however, for being President of the Screen Writers Guild from 1934 to 1935.
He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1940 for his dedicated work for the Motion Picture Relief Fund.