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Waldo Salt (1914-1987)

Alias:
Arthur Behrstock
M.L. Davenport
Mel Davenport
Waldo Miller Salt

Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born:
October 18, 1914

Died:
March 7, 1987

Biography from TheMovieDB

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).

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Adaptation:
1937  The Bride Wore Red

Dialogue:
1937  The Bride Wore Red
1939  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1951  M

Screenplay:
1937  The Bride Wore Red
1938  The Shopworn Angel
1939  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1940  The Philadelphia Story
1941  The Wild Man of Borneo
1943  Tonight We Raid Calais
1948  Rachel and the Stranger
1951  M
1958  Swiss Family Robinson
1962  Taras Bulba
1969  Midnight Cowboy
1971  The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1973  Serpico
1975  The Day of the Locust
1978  Coming Home

Songs:
1937  The Bride Wore Red
1938  The Shopworn Angel
1939  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1940  The Philadelphia Story
1941  The Wild Man of Borneo
1943  Tonight We Raid Calais
1948  Rachel and the Stranger
1951  M
1958  Swiss Family Robinson
1962  Taras Bulba
1969  Midnight Cowboy
1971  The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1973  Serpico
1975  The Day of the Locust
1978  Coming Home

Writer:
1937  The Bride Wore Red
1938  The Shopworn Angel
1939  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1940  The Philadelphia Story
1941  The Wild Man of Borneo
1943  Tonight We Raid Calais
1944  Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1948  Rachel and the Stranger
1950  The Flame and the Arrow
1951  M
1958  Swiss Family Robinson
1961  Blast of Silence
1962  Taras Bulba
1964  Flight from Ashiya
1969  Midnight Cowboy
1971  The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1973  Serpico
1975  The Day of the Locust
1978  Coming Home

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