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Overview

Date of Birth:

16 November 1920, Dresden, Germany more

Date of Death:

4 November 2007, Marbella, Spain more

Mini Biography:

Peter Viertel, a WWII veteran whose first novel was published to glowing... more

Trivia:

His 1950s novel, "White Hunter, Black Heart" is, by his own admission... more

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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Actress Deborah Kerr Dies at 86
(From IMDb News. 18 October 2007)
Kerr Beating Parkinson's
(From WENN. 23 December 2002)

Filmography

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White Hunter Black Heart (1990) (novel) (screenplay)
Le couteau dans la plaie (1962) (adaptation) (screenplay)
... aka Five Miles to Midnight (USA)
... aka Il coltello nella piaga (Italy)
... aka La terza dimensione (Italy)
... aka La troisième dimension
The Old Man and the Sea (1958) (writer)
Les bijoutiers du clair de lune (1958) (uncredited)
... aka Gli amanti del chiaro di luna (Italy)
... aka Heaven Fell That Night (UK)
... aka The Night Heaven Fell (USA)
The Sun Also Rises (1957) (screenplay)
... aka Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (USA: complete title)
"Lux Video Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- The Hard Way (1957) TV episode (original screenplay)
Beat the Devil (1953) (screenplay collaboration) (uncredited)
... aka Il tesoro dell'Africa (Italy)
Sie fanden eine Heimat (1953) (screenplay)
... aka The Village (UK) (USA)
... aka Unser Dorf (Switzerland: German title: wide-release title)
The African Queen (1951) (uncredited)
Decision Before Dawn (1951) (writer)
"Studio One" (1 episode, 1950)
... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- The Survivors (1950) TV episode (story)
Roughshod (1949) (story)
We Were Strangers (1949) (writer)
The Hard Way (1943) (screenplay)
Saboteur (1942) (original screenplay)

Self:

2000s
1990s
1970s

Brunnen (2005) .... Himself
... aka The Well (International: English title: literal title) (USA: festival title)
... aka Brønden (Denmark)
... aka Brunnen - En film om Orson Welles (Sweden: TV title)
... aka Orson Welles (Denmark: promotional title)
Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
"Àngels de nit" .... Himself (1 episode, 1996)
- Episode dated 12 February 1996 (1996) TV episode .... Himself
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 25 October 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:

Playwright (w/Irwin Shaw: "The Survivors" more

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography | 6 Articles more

Genres:

Drama | Adventure | Comedy | Romance more

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Beautiful Woman | Character Name In Title | Police more

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