Waldo Salt

from Chicago, Illinois, USA

Artwork for Midnight CowboyImage of Waldo Salt

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).

Timeline

1985Aged 71

  • Poster for Into the Night

    Male Derelict

1978Aged 64

  • Poster for Coming Home

    Screenplay

1975Aged 61

  • Poster for The Day of the Locust

    Screenplay

1973Aged 59

  • Poster for Serpico

    Screenplay

1971Aged 57

  • Poster for The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

    Screenplay

1969Aged 55

  • Poster for Midnight Cowboy

    Joe Pyne on TV Show (uncredited)

1964Aged 50

  • Poster for Flight from Ashiya

    Writer

1962Aged 48

  • Poster for Taras Bulba

    Screenplay

1961Aged 47

  • Poster for Blast of Silence

    Writer

1958Aged 44

1951Aged 37

  • Poster for M

    Additional Dialogue

1950Aged 36

  • Poster for The Flame and the Arrow

    Writer

1948Aged 34

  • Poster for Rachel and the Stranger

    Songs

1944Aged 30

  • Poster for Mr. Winkle Goes to War

    Writer

1943Aged 29

  • Poster for Tonight We Raid Calais

    Screenplay

1941Aged 27

  • Poster for The Wild Man of Borneo

    Screenplay

1940Aged 26

  • Poster for The Philadelphia Story

    Screenplay

1939Aged 25

  • Poster for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Dialogue

1938Aged 24

  • Poster for The Shopworn Angel

    Screenplay

1937Aged 23

  • Poster for The Bride Wore Red

    Adaptation

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