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David Westheimer(1917-2005)

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Novelist David Westheimer wrote "Von Ryan's Express" (made into a film, Von Ryan's Express (1965)) with Frank Sinatra), "My Sweet Charlie" (adapted into a play which was staged on Broadway and then turned into a TV movie, My Sweet Charlie (1970), starring Patty Duke, who won an Emmy Award), "Summer on the Water," "Sitting It Out" and "Delay En Route."

He served in the US Army Air Force during World War II as a navigator aboard a B-24 bomber. His plane was shot down by Italian fighter planes and he spent 28 months in Italian and German POW camps. He based his novel "Von Ryan's Express" on his experiences as a POW.

He was also an editor and columnist for The Houston Post.
BornApril 11, 1917
DiedNovember 8, 2005(88)
BornApril 11, 1917
DiedNovember 8, 2005(88)
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Known for:

Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Von Ryan's Express
7.1
  • Writer(uncredited)
  • 1965
Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
Airwolf
6.7
TV Series
  • Writer
Lucan (1977)
Lucan
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer
Kraft Theatre (1947)
The United States Steel Hour
8.1
TV Series
  • Writer

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  • A Killer Among Us (1990)
    A Killer Among Us
    • written by
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
    Airwolf
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Lucan (1977)
    Lucan
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1978
  • Trouble Comes to Town (1973)
    Trouble Comes to Town
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1973
  • My Sweet Charlie (1970)
    My Sweet Charlie
    • novel (play)
    • TV Movie
    • 1970
  • Campo 44
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1967
  • Von Ryan's Express (1965)
    Von Ryan's Express
    • novel
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
    • novel
    • TV Series
    • 1961

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 11, 1917
    • Houston, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • November 8, 2005
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouse
    • Dody Westheimer1945 - November 8, 2005 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Von Ryan's Return"

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    He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University in 1937. He began his successful writing career at the Houston Post in 1939.

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