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Alvin Sargent Biography (1927-)

Born April 12, 1927, in Philadelphia, PA. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer, producer

Birth Details

April 12, 1927

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Supervising producer (with others), Straight Time, Warner Bros., 1978
• Supervising producer (with others), Nuts, Warner Bros., 1987
• Supervising producer (with others), Dominick and Eugene, Orion, 1988
• Supervising producer (with others), White Palace, Universal, 1990
• Creative consultant, What About Bob?, Buena Vista, 1991
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Nair, From Here to Eternity, 1953
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Jack Davies) Gambit (adapted from the short story "Who Is Mr. Dean?" by Sidney Carroll), Universal, 1966
• (With Wendall Mayes) The Stalking Moon (adapted from the novel byTheodore V. Olsen), National General, 1968
• The Sterile Cuckoo (also known as Pookie; adapted from thenovel by John Nichols), Paramount, 1969
• I Walk the Line (adapted from the novel An Exile by MadisonJones), Columbia, 1970
• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (adapted from the play by Paul Zindel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, Columbia, 1973
• Paper Moon (adapted from the novel Addie Pray by Joe DavidBrown), Paramount, 1973
• Bobby Deerfield (adapted from the novel Heaven Had No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque), Columbia, 1977
• Julia (adapted from the story in Pentimento: A Book of Portraits, the memoirs of Lillian Hellman), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
• The Electric Horseman, Columbia/Universal, 1979
• Ordinary People (adapted from the novel by Judith Guest), Paramount, 1980
• (With Tom Topor and Darryl Ponicsan) Nuts (based on the play by Topor), Warner Bros., 1987
• (With Corey Blechman) Dominick and Eugene (also known as Nickyand Gino; based on a story by Danny Porfirio), Orion, 1988
• (With Ted Tally) White Palace (based on a novel by Glenn Savan), Universal, 1990
• Other People's Money (based on a play by Jerry Sterner), Warner Bros., 1991
• Bogus, 1996
• Anywhere But Here (based on a novel by Mona Simpson), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Unfaithful, Fox 2000 Pictures, 2001
• Film Stories
• Straight Time (adapted from the novel No Beast So Fierce byBunker), Warner Bros., 1978
• What About Bob?, Buena Vista, 1991
• Hero (also known as Accidental Hero), Columbia, 1992
• Television Movies
• The Impatient Heart, NBC, 1971
• Footsteps (also known as Footsteps: Nice Guys Finish Last and Nice Guys Finish Last), 1972
• Television Episodes
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 1968
• Also wrote episodes of The Naked City, Route 66, Ben Casey (also known as The Doctor and the Nurses), Alfred HitchcockPresents, The Nurses, Mr. Novak, and Empire.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996