Calder Willingham

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**Calder Willingham**
Born:	December 23, 1922 [Atlanta, Georgia]
Died:	February 19, 1995 [Laconia, New Hampshire]
Occupation:	Writer and screenplay writer
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Calder Willingham was an American novelist and screenwriter. He cowrote several notable screenplays, including Paths of Glory (1957) and One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Willingham and Buck Henry collaborated on the screenplay for The Graduate (1967), which they adapted from a novel by Charles Webb.

[edit] Original Novels

End as a Man (1947), first novel, based on his brief time as a cadet at The Citadel
Geraldine Bradshaw (1950)
Gates of Hell (1951), collection of stories and nonfiction
Reach to the Stars (1951)
Natural Child (1952)
To Eat a Peach (1955)
Eternal Fire (1963)
Providence Island (1969)
Rambling Rose (novel) (1972) later wrote screenplay for 1991 film Rambling Rose
The Big Nickel (1975)
The Building of Venus Four (1977)

[edit] Film Adaptations

The Strange One (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957) cowrote
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Uncredited screenplay writer
Little Big Man (1970)
The Graduate (1967), cowrote with Buck Henry (Academy Award Nominee for Best Screenplay)
Rambling Rose (film) 1991