Waldo Salt(1914-1987)
- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during
the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote
his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and
also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information
from 1942- 1945 before being blacklisted in 1951 after refusing to
testify before HUAC. Salt spent several years writing under assumed
names for various television series (low-budget series such as "Colonel
March of Scotland Yard," for example) and undistinguished films before
slowly turning his career around, working in more widely seen
television and eventually winning two Oscars for his later work in
film.
