Sidney Carroll (May 25, 1913 – November 3, 1988) was a film and
television screenwriter. Although Carroll wrote most frequently for television, he is perhaps best remembered today for writing the screenplays for
The Hustler (1961) for which he was nominated for an
Academy Award and for
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966). He has also won
Emmys for the documentaries
The Louvre (1978) and
China and the Forbidden City (1963). In 1957, Carroll won an
Edgar Award, in the category Best Episode in a TV Series, for writing "The Fine Art of Murder", an installment of the
ABC program
Omnibus. He wrote the screenplays for the 1974 Richard Chamberlain television version of
The Count of Monte Cristo as well as the original story for the
Michael Caine heist movie
Gambit. He continued to write for television until 1986.