Name Walter Newman Role Radio writer | TV shows The Beachcomber | |
Died October 14, 1993, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States Nominations Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Movies The Magnificent Seven, Cat Ballou, The Man with the Golden A, Ace in the Hole, The Champ Similar People Walter Bernstein, Frank Pierson, Elliot Silverstein, Tom Nardini, Hideo Oguni | ||
Walter Newman (11 February 1916 – 14 October 1993) was an American radio writer and screenwriter active from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. He was nominated three times for Academy Awards (Ace in the Hole, Cat Ballou, and Bloodbrothers), but he is best-known for a work that never made it to the screen: his unproduced original script Harrow Alley, which "has achieved legendary status in Hollywood."
Newman's radio writing included scripts for Escape, Suspense, and The Halls of Ivy as well as the first broadcast episode of Gunsmoke.
He is not officially credited for his screenplays for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, having renounced credit after sharp disagreements with the director, John Sturges in both cases, over changes made during shooting.
Newman was born in New York City. He died in Sherman Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, on 14 October 1993.