Arthur Weiss

For the American immunologist, see Arthur Weiss (scientist).

Arthur Weiss
Born
Arthur Weiss

(1912-06-13)13 June 1912
New York City, New York
Died26 August 1980(1980-08-26) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California
Years active1955–1977
Spouse(s)Fay Baker
(1940–1965; divorced)
2 children (1 deceased)

Arthur Weiss (13 June 1912 – 26 August 1980) was an American script writer for two decades on action/adventure TV shows like Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Fugitive, Super Friends, The Time Tunnel, Emergency!, and Sea Hunt. His most famous creation was the script for the movie Flipper in 1963, which became a TV series and was remade as a movie in 1996. He also worked alongside Irwin Allen as a writer and producer for "disaster" TV films including Flood! and Fire!.

In 1969 Weiss published the novel O'Kelly's Eclipse about the undefeated British racehorse Eclipse.[1]

Weiss married actress Fay Baker on 3 August 1940. He divorced in 1965 and later married Patricia Jones.

  1. ^ Weiss, Arthur (1969). O'Kelly's Eclipse. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-93427-5.