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Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who won Academy Awards for both Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.
Waldo Salt. Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly.
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Jun 30, 2022 · Waldo Salt. A major theme for Salt was the idea of family and home, and being separated from family and home, added Voight, who also starred as a paralyzed Vietnam veteran in Coming Home. “I think he understood that real well, that loneliness.”.
Waldo Salt. Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information from 1942- 1945 before ...
- October 18, 1914
- March 7, 1987
Dec 11, 2006 · The career of screenwriter Waldo Salt was brought to a halt by McCarthyism in the 1950s. His acclaimed works include Midnight Cowboy (1969), Serpico (1972) and Coming Home (1978). Skip to main...
Mar 8, 1987 · Waldo Salt, a two-time winner of the Academy Award for screenwriting, died of lung cancer yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 72 years old and lived in Los Angeles.
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In the early 1950s Waldo Salt was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to testify in Washington before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. He didnot return to writing under his own name and earning film credits until the early 1960s.
