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name: "Sidney Carroll"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 May 1913"
died: "3 November 1988"
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# Sidney Carroll

Writer. Born 25 May 1913 in New York City. Died 3 November 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 May 1913, New York City
- **Died:** 3 November 1988
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15503071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14876

## Biography

Sidney Carroll (25 May 1913 – 3 November 1988) was an American screenwriter who worked primarily in television. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Harvard University in 1934. He served as a war correspondent during the Second World War before beginning his writing career in 1949.

Carroll co-wrote the screenplay for the film *The Hustler* (1961) with Robert Rossen, an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s novel that earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. His other screen credits include the story for *Gambit* (1966) and the screenplay for *A Big Hand for the Little Lady* (1966). He also wrote for anthology series such as *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and *Omnibus*, and adapted *The Count of Monte Cristo* for television in 1975. Carroll received an Edgar Award in 1957 and Emmy Awards for documentary writing.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikiwand.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Hustler* (1961), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Gambit* (2012), Story
- *Ike* (1986), Writer
- *J.F.K.: A One-Man Show* (1984), Writer
- *Stranger in Town* (1982), Writer
- *Casey Stengel* (1981), Writer
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, Story
- *The Louvre* (1978), Writer
- *The Quinns* (1977), Writer
- *Truman at Potsdam* (1976), Writer
- *Dynasty* (1976), Writer
- *Valley Forge* (1975), Screenplay
- *The Count of Monte-Cristo* (1975), Screenplay
- *The Country Girl* (1974), Teleplay
- *The Man Without a Country* (1973), Writer
- *Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread* (1971), Writer
- *Gambit* (1966), Story
- *A Big Hand for the Little Lady* (1966), Writer
- *Espionage* (1963), series, Writer
- *Big Deal in Laredo* (1962), Screenplay
- *The Hustler* (1961), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer
- *The Battler* (1955), Screenplay
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, Story, Teleplay
- *Three Cases of Murder* (1955), Writer
- *The Stranger Left No Card* (1952), Writer
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Writer
- *The Gentleman in Room 6* (1951), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1962: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Hustler*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 1957: Edgar Awards (won)

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

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