Peter Viertel

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Peter Viertel, a WWII veteran whose first novel was published to glowing reviews when he was only 18, was born of parents of the European intelligentsia, refugees from Adolf Hitler's Europe. Brought up in Hollywood, in a household where Greta Garbo (his mother's closest friend), Bertolt Brecht Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel were ... See full bio »

Born:

November 16, 1920 in Dresden, Germany

Died:

November 4, 2007 (age 86) in Marbella, Spain

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Known For

Saboteur Writer

(1942)

We Were Strangers Writer

(1949)

Roughshod Writer

(1949)

The Hard Way Writer

(1943)

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Filmography

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Writer (17 credits)

1990 White Hunter Black Heart (novel) / (screenplay)

1962 Five Miles to Midnight (adaptation) / (screenplay)

1958 The Old Man and the Sea (writer)

1958 The Night Heaven Fell (uncredited)

1957 The Sun Also Rises (screenplay)

1957 The Survivors (TV Movie)

1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (original screenplay - 1 episode)

- The Hard Way (1957) ... (original screenplay)

1953 Beat the Devil (screenplay collaboration - uncredited)

1953 The Village (screenplay)

1951 The African Queen (uncredited)

1951 Decision Before Dawn (screenplay)

1950 Studio One in Hollywood (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)

- The Survivors (1950) ... (story)

1949 Roughshod (story)

1949 We Were Strangers (screenplay)

1948 The Search (draft - uncredited)

1943 The Hard Way (screen play)

1942 Saboteur (original screen play)

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Thanks (1 credit)

2000 Asfalto (thanks)

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Self (11 credits)

2005 Brunnen (Documentary)
Himself

2001 Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2000 Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1996 Àngels de nit (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 12 February 1996 (1996) ... Himself

1995 ¡Qué grande es el cine! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 21 August 1995 (1995) ... Himself

1995 Moving Pictures (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode dated 19 February 1995 (1995) ... Himself

1990 3x4 (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 13 August 1990 (1990) ... Himself

1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.58 (1971) ... Himself

- Episode #4.42 (1971) ... Himself

1964-1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 25 October 1971 (1971) ... Himself

- Episode dated 18 November 1964 (1964) ... Himself - Guest

1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 18 November 1970 (1970) ... Himself

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Archive footage (1 credit)

2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (Documentary)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "American Skin", 1984 See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview | 6 Articles | See more »

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Viertel is also, some have alleged, the model for the character played by Robert Redford in The Way We Were (1973), whilst the Barbra Streisand character in the same film is said to be based on his first wife, Jigee. See more »