Waldo Salt

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-10-18 (73 years old)

Deathday

1987-03-07

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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).

Acting

1985

Into the Night

as Male Derelict

1969

Midnight Cowboy

as Joe Pyne on TV Show (uncredited)

1990

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1940

1969

Midnight Cowboy

as Screenplay

1975

1973

Serpico

as Screenplay

1943

1948

1938

The Shopworn Angel

as Screenplay

1964

1941

1951

M

as Dialogue

1978

Coming Home

as Screenplay

1958

1961

1962

Taras Bulba

as Screenplay

1937

The Bride Wore Red

as Adaptation

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