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Calder Willingham
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| Born: | December 23, 1922 [Atlanta, Georgia] |
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| 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.
- 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)
- 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
Alex Macaulay, biographical entry of Calder Willingham