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(1922-1995) Novelist, screenwriter. Calder Willingham was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and died in Laconia, New Hampshire.

Full Name

Calder Willingham

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1922

BIRTH

Calder Baynard Willingham Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 23, 1922.

1947

LITWORK

End As A Man
The Vanguard Press, Inc.

Novel.

1953

RESIDENCE

Mr. Calder was married to Jane Bennett in 1953 and they lived on Perry Street in Greenwich Village.

1955

LITWORK

To Eat A Peach
The Dial Press

Novel.

1957

LITWORK

Paths Of Glory


Screenplay written by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, and Jim Thompson based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb.

1957

LITWORK

The Vikings


Screenplay written by Calder Willingham (screenplay), and Dale Wasserman (adaptation), based on the novel, "The Viking" by Edison Marshall.

1961

LITWORK

One-Eyed Jacks


Screenplay written by Guy Trosper, Sam Peckinpah (uncredited), Calder Willingham, and Rod Serling (early draft) based on "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones," a 1956 novel by Charles Neider.

1963

LITWORK

Eternal Fire
Vanguard Press

Novel.

1967

LITWORK

The Graduate


Screenplay written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry based on the 1963 novel "The Graduate" by Charles Webb.

1970

LITWORK

Little Big Man


Screenplay written by Thomas Berger and Calder Willingham based on the novel, "Little Big Man" by Thomas Berger.

1975

LITWORK

The Big Nickel
The Dial Press
0803733682 / 978-0803733688
Novel.

1991

LITWORK

Rambling Rose


Screenplay adapted from his 1972 novel of the same name.

1995

DEATH

Calder Willingham died at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire, on February 19, 1995.

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