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Calder Willingham Biography (1923-1995)

Full name, Calder Baynard Willingham Jr.; born December 23, 1923, in Atlanta,GA; died of lung cancer, February 19, 1995, in Laconia, NH; son of Calder Baynard (a hotel manager) and Eleanor Churchill (Willcox) Willingham; married Helene Rothenberg, 1945 (divorced); married Jane Marie Bennett, September 15,1953; children: (first marriage) Paul Thomas; (second marriage) Frederick Calder, Sara Jane, Mark Osgood, Pamela, Christopher. Career: Novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Awards, Honors: Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay, and Academy Award nomination, best writing, screenplaybased on material from another medium, 1967, both for The Graduate(with Buck Henry).

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright

Birth Details

December 23, 1923

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Death Details

February 19, 1995

Laconia, New Hampshire, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Work
• Teleplays
• (With Del Reisman) Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, NBC, 1978
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Paths of Glory, United Artists, 1957
• (Uncredited) The Bridge on the River Kwai, Columbia, 1957
• The Strange One (also known as End as a Man), Columbia, 1957
• The Vikings, United Artists, 1958
• (Uncredited)(battle scenes) Spartacus, Universal, 1960
• One-Eyed Jacks, Paramount, 1961
• The Graduate, Embassy, 1967
• Little Big Man, Twentieth Century-Fox/National General Pictures, 1970
• Thieves Like Us, United Artists, 1974
• Rambling Rose, Seven Arts, 1991
• Novels
• End as a Man, Vanguard (New York City), 1947
• Geraldine Bradshaw, Vanguard, 1950
• Reach to the Stars, Vanguard, 1951
• Natural Child, Dial (New York City), 1952
• To Eat A Peach, Dial, 1955
• Eternal Fire, Vanguard, 1963
• Providence Island, Vanguard, 1969
• Rambling Rose, Delacorte (New York City), 1972
• The Big Nickel, Dial, 1975
• The Building of Venus Four, Woodhill (New York City), 1977
• Short Stories
• The Gates of Hell, Vanguard, 1951
• Plays
• Wrote End as a Man.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 3, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1981.
• Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume V, Gale, 1976.
• Dictionary of Literary Biography, American Screenwriters, Volume 44, Gale, 1986.
• Writers Directory: 1995-1997, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1994.

Periodicals:

• Best Sellers, March 15, 1969, November 1, 1972.
• Books and Bookmen, December 15, 1969, .
• Choice, June 15, 1975, .
• Commonweal, February 1, 1963, January 22, 1971.
• Facts on File, February 23, 1995, p. 139.
• Library Journal, December 1, 1962, February 15, 1975.
• Life, February 14, 1969, .
• Nation, June 4, 1955, March 31, 1969.
• National Review, May 20, 1969, .
• New Leader, December 28, 1971, .
• New Republic, March 24, 1947, December 26, 1970; April 5, 1975.
• Newsweek, March 10, 1969, .
• New Yorker, March 8, 1947, March 18, 1950.
• New York Herald Tribune Book Review, February 16, 1947, June 17, 1951; December 2, 1951; November 30, 1952.
• New York Times, February 26, 1950, July 22, 1951; December 16, 1951; November 2, 1952; February 27, 1955; December 22, 1967; April 1, 1969; February 21, 1995, p. D15.
• New York Times Book Review, February 16, 1947, February 26, 1950;October 29, 1972; March 23, 1975.
• People Weekly, March 6, 1995, p. 63.
• San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 1950, .
• Saturday Review, April 5, 1947, April 30 1955.
• Time, December 21, 1970, .
• Times February 22, 1995, (London), p. 21.
• Times Literary Supplement, July 6, 1973, .
• Virginia Quarterly Review, winter, 1973.*