---
name: "Lawrence Hauben"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lawrence-hauben"
fi1m_id: "lawrence-hauben"
imdb_id: "nm0369142"
tmdb_id: 7065
wikidata_id: "Q1809192"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 March 1931"
died: "22 December 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:20:51.040577+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lawrence Hauben

## Identity

Lawrence Hauben

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lawrence-hauben
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lawrence-hauben
- **IMDb ID:** nm0369142
- **TMDB ID:** 7065
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1809192
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hauben, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1809192, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7065

Writer. Born 3 March 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 22 December 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 March 1931, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 December 1985
- **Active:** 1967–1975
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hauben, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1809192, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7065

## Biography

Lawrence Hauben (3 March 1931 – 22 December 1985) was an American actor and screenwriter. Born in New York City, he had small acting roles including the car salesman in *Point Blank* (1967) and appearances in television series such as *Then Came Bronson* (1969) and *The Outsider* (1969).

Hauben co-wrote the screenplay for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975) with Bo Goldman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. The film won him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Golden Globe and a Writers Guild of America Award, all shared with Goldman. In 1971 he released the documentary *Venus*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Point Blank* (1967), Fi1m 84, as Car Salesman — [page](https://film.one/film/point-blank.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kyon Ki...* (2005), Original Story
- *Thalavattam* (1986), Original Story
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *Then Came Bronson* (1969), as Eddie
- *Point Blank* (1967), as Car Salesman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/point-blank.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1976: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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