Calder Willingham

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Calder Willingham
Born December 23, 1922(1922-12-23)
Atlanta, Georgia
Died February 19, 1995 (aged 72)
Laconia, New Hampshire
Occupation Writer
Notable work(s) Rambling Rose

Calder Baynard Willingham, Jr. (December 23, 1922 - February 19, 1995[1]) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He cowrote several notable screenplays, including Paths of Glory (1957) and One-Eyed Jacks (1961).[2]

Willingham and Buck Henry collaborated on the screenplay for The Graduate (1967), which they adapted from a novel by Charles Webb; they won a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for their work and were also nominated for an Oscar.[2]

[edit] Novels

  • End as a Man (1947) (based on his brief time as a cadet at The Citadel[1])
  • 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 (1972)
  • The Big Nickel (1975)
  • The Building of Venus Four (1977)

[edit] Screenplays

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Alex Macaulay, Biographical entry of Calder Willingham from the New Georgia Encyclopedia
  2. ^ a b Calder Willingham at the Internet Movie Database
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