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Calder Willingham
Calder Willingham
Born	December 23, 1922; 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

The Strange One (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957) (cowritten with Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (uncredited)
Little Big Man (1970)
The Graduate (1967), (cowritten with Buck Henry)
Rambling Rose 1991

[edit] References

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

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[nge-0] Alex Macaulay, Biographical entry of Calder Willingham from the New Georgia Encyclopedia

[imdb-1] Calder Willingham at the Internet Movie Database

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