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 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. Biography Block was born in the City of Cherokee in the Cherokee County of Iowa to E.S. and Doris Block (née Chraplewski). Filmography As producer As Writer References External links 1889 births 1974 deaths American film producers Academy Honorary Award recipients Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild American male screenwriters University of Michigan alumni American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters