Whitney Ellsworth

Not to be confused with A. Whitney Ellsworth.

Whitney Ellsworth
Ellsworth, probably in the 1970s
BornFrederick Whitney Ellsworth[1]
November 27, 1908[2]
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 1980(1980-09-07) (aged 71)
North Hollywood, U.S.
Area(s)Comic book editor, television producer
Pseudonym(s)Frederic Wells, Fred Whitby,[1] Richard Fielding (w/ Robert Maxwell)
Notable works
Batman
(The Adventures of Superman (TV series))

Frederick Whitney Ellsworth (November 27, 1908 – September 7, 1980)[3] was an American comic book editor and sometime writer and artist for DC Comics during the period known to historians and fans as the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was also DC's "movie studio contact", becoming both a producer and story editor on the TV series The Adventures of Superman.[4]

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  2. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP4V-S3T : accessed February 25, 2013), Frederick Ellsworth, September 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  3. ^ See, for example, Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, New York, Kings County, Borough of Brooklyn, Supervisor’s District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 570, Ward of City 22nd, Sheet 5A. Available on Ancestry.com.
  4. ^ Biography by Joe Desris, in Batman Archives, Volume 3 (DC Comics, 1994), p. 222 ISBN 1-56389-099-2