Biography
Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter. He received two Academy Awards for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Coming Home (1978).
Known For
Complete Filmography

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 19...

Into the Night
1985
as Male Derelict
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Coming Home
1978
Screenplay
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

The Day of the Locust
1975
Screenplay
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with ...

Serpico
1973
Screenplay
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
Screenplay
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

Midnight Cowboy
1969
as Joe Pyne on TV Show (uncredited)
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an aili...

Midnight Cowboy
1969
Screenplay
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an aili...

Flight from Ashiya
1964
Writer
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal pr...

Taras Bulba
1962
Screenplay
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for hi...

Blast of Silence
1961
Writer
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet ...
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
Screenplay
T.V. movie adaptation of The Swiss Family Robinson. A family is shipwrecked in the South Pacific and finds themselves stranded on a tropical island. T...

M
1951
Dialogue
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' cri...

The Flame and the Arrow
1950
Writer
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga...

Rachel and the Stranger
1948
Screenplay, Songs
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Writer
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.

Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
Screenplay
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mi...

The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
Screenplay
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

The Philadelphia Story
1940
Screenplay
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Dialogue
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by...

The Shopworn Angel
1938
Screenplay
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car ...

The Bride Wore Red
1937
Adaptation
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.