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Edward Anhalt(1914-2000)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Producer
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A graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, Edward Anhalt started his career in early television before turning to writing and producing films, often in collaboration with his wife Edna Anhalt. A prolific screenwriter, Anhalt and his wife won an Academy Award for Panic in the Streets (1950). He got his second Oscar for Becket (1964).
BornMarch 28, 1914
DiedSeptember 3, 2000(86)
BornMarch 28, 1914
DiedSeptember 3, 2000(86)
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 6 wins & 7 nominations total

Known for

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Jeremiah Johnson
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1972
Becket (1964)
Becket
7.7
  • Writer
  • 1964
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Panic in the Streets
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1950
Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)
The Sniper
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1952

Credits

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Writer

  • Lisa Hartman and Ray Sharkey in The Take (1990)
    The Take
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1990
  • The Neon Empire (1989)
    The Neon Empire
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1989
  • Peter the Great (1986)
    Peter the Great
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • written for television by
    • 1986
  • Michael Caine in The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
    The Holcroft Covenant
    5.7
    • screenplay
    • 1985
  • Green Ice (1981)
    Green Ice
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • 1981
  • Madame X (1981)
    Madame X
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1981
  • The Day Christ Died (1980)
    The Day Christ Died
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • teleplay by
    • 1980
  • David Niven, Roger Moore, Claudia Cardinale, Elliott Gould, Telly Savalas, and Stefanie Powers in Escape to Athena (1979)
    Escape to Athena
    5.7
    • screenplay
    • 1979
  • Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
    Contract on Cherry Street
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • written for television by
    • 1977
  • Nowhere to Hide (1977)
    Nowhere to Hide
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1977
  • Maximilian Schell in The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
    The Man in the Glass Booth
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1975
  • QB VII (1974)
    QB VII
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • written by
    • 1974
  • Stacy Keach in Luther (1974)
    Luther
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • 1974
  • Katharine Hepburn, Joseph Cotten, Lee Remick, and Paul Scofield in A Delicate Balance (1973)
    A Delicate Balance
    6.5
    • story consultant: AFT
    • 1973
  • Lee Marvin in The Iceman Cometh (1973)
    The Iceman Cometh
    7.2
    • story consultant: AFT
    • 1973

Actor

  • Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988)
    Two Idiots in Hollywood
    4.9
    • Jury Foreman
    • 1988
  • Falcon Crest (1981)
    Falcon Crest
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Bald Man
    • 1988
  • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)
    The Right Stuff
    7.8
    • Grand Designer
    • 1983
  • Madame X (1981)
    Madame X
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Judge
    • 1981
  • Nowhere to Hide (1977)
    Nowhere to Hide
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Alberto Amarici
    • 1977
  • Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
    Tail Gunner Joe
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Sen. Herbert Lehman
    • 1977
  • James Garner and Jason Robards in Hour of the Gun (1967)
    Hour of the Gun
    6.6
    • Denver Doctor (uncredited)
    • 1967

Producer

  • Nowhere to Hide (1977)
    Nowhere to Hide
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1977
  • Lee Marvin, Mary Castle, Bonar Colleano, George Cooper, Nick Dennis, Arthur Franz, James Griffith, Richard Kiley, and Dickie Moore in Eight Iron Men (1952)
    Eight Iron Men
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates, Julie Harris, and Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding (1952)
    The Member of the Wedding
    6.7
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • John Beal, Millard Mitchell, Harry Morgan, Gilbert Roland, and Marshall Thompson in My Six Convicts (1952)
    My Six Convicts
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)
    The Sniper
    7.1
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • School: A Film About Progressive Education (1939)
    School: A Film About Progressive Education
    Short
    • supervising producer
    • 1939

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Andrew Holt
  • Born
    • March 28, 1914
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • September 3, 2000
    • Pacific Palisades, California, USA(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Edna Anhalt? - 1956 (divorced)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Married 5 times in all.
  • Nickname
    • Eddie

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