Walter Tevis

Walter Tevis was born on Feb 28, 1928 in USA. Walter Tevis's big-screen debut came with The Hustler directed by Robert Rossen in 1961. Walter Tevis is known for The Hustler directed by Robert Rossen, Paul Newman stars as Eddie Felson and Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats. Walter Tevis has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Walter Tevis achieved is USC Scripter Award. The upcoming new movie Walter Tevis plays is The Man Who Fell to Earth which will be released on Aug 23, 1987.

Began publishing science-fiction with "The Ifth Of Oofth" (as Walter S. Tevis) in "Galaxy Science Fiction" in 1957. After first two novels, Tevis stopped writing, and became Professor of English at Ohio University. Left in 1978, resumed writing.