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Waldo Salt

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1914-10-18

Deathday: 1987-03-07 (72 years old)

Biography

Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter. He received two Academy Awards for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Coming Home (1978).

Filmography

all 22

Movies 22

Writer 15

self 2

Screenplay 2

Self

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

Movie

Male Derelict

Into the Night (1985)

Movie

Writer

Coming Home (1978)

Movie

Writer

The Day of the Locust (1975)

Movie

Screenplay

Serpico (1973)

Movie

5.33

Writer

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)

Movie

Writer

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Movie

6.4

Writer

Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Movie

Writer

Taras Bulba (1962)

Movie

Writer

Blast of Silence (1961)

Movie

Writer

Swiss Family Robinson (1958)

Movie

Writer

M (1951)

Movie

Writer

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Movie

Writer

Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Movie

Writer

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)

Movie

Writer

Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

Movie

Writer

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

Movie

Screenplay

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Movie

2.67

Dialogue

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

Movie

Writer

The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Movie

Adaptation

The Bride Wore Red (1937)

Movie

Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1914-10-18

Deathday
1987-03-07 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Waldo Miller Salt, Arthur Behrstock, Mel Davenport, M.L. Davenport

Awards
Writers Guild of America Award, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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Last updated: 2023-12-10

Franz Waxman worked together with Waldo Salt in:

4 Movies

Jerome Hellman worked together with Waldo Salt in:

4 Movies

Joseph L. Mankiewicz worked together with Waldo Salt in:

4 Movies

Harold Hecht worked together with Waldo Salt in:

3 Movies

Ann Roth worked together with Waldo Salt in:

3 Movies

John Schlesinger worked together with Waldo Salt in:

3 Movies

Adrian worked together with Waldo Salt in:

3 Movies

Cedric Gibbons worked together with Waldo Salt in:

3 Movies

Jon Voight worked together with Waldo Salt in:

3 Movies

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Biography

Filmography

all 22

Movies 22

Writer 15

self 2

Screenplay 2

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

Into the Night (1985)

Coming Home (1978)

The Day of the Locust (1975)

Serpico (1973)

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Taras Bulba (1962)

Blast of Silence (1961)

Swiss Family Robinson (1958)

M (1951)

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)

Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

The Shopworn Angel (1938)

The Bride Wore Red (1937)

Information

Known ForWriting

GenderMale

Birthday1914-10-18

Deathday1987-03-07 (72 years old)

Birth PlaceChicago, Illinois, USA

CitizenshipsUnited States of America

Also Known AsWaldo Miller Salt, Arthur Behrstock, Mel Davenport, M.L. Davenport

AwardsWriters Guild of America Award, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Credited with

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1914-10-18

Deathday
1987-03-07 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Waldo Miller Salt, Arthur Behrstock, Mel Davenport, M.L. Davenport

Awards
Writers Guild of America Award, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay