Lawrence Alan Hauben (3 March 1931 – 22 December 1985) was an American actor and screenwriter. Born in New York, he won the

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, mus ...

along with Bo Goldman for '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) at the

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. He also won a

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and a

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

. He had a small role as a car salesman in '' Point Blank'' (1967). In 1971, he released a documentary film, ''Venus'', about his brief relationship with actress Sally Kellerman. He died of cancer on 22 December 1985, in

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at the age of 54.

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* Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Screenplay Golden Globe winners Place of birth missing 1931 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters Writers Guild of America Award winners Deaths from cancer in California {{US-screen-writer-1930s-stub