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American screenwriter
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Male
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Birth:
22 January 1913(New York City, USA; New Rochelle, USA)
Death:
2 December 1995(New York City, USA)
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Cornell University
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Biography
Ira Wallach (January 22, 1913 – December 2, 1995) was an American screenwriter and novelist.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, Wallach wrote the novel Muscle Beach and collaborated with Peter Ustinov on the screenplay for Hot Millions. Wallach died of pneumonia.
Filmography:
- Boys' Night Out (1962)
- The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
- Don't Make Waves (1967) (based on the 1959 novel Muscle Beach)
- Hot Millions (1968)