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
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private in ...
'', ''
The Fugitive'', ''
Super Friends
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'', ''
The Time Tunnel
''The Time Tunnel'' is an American color science fiction TV series written around a theme of time travel adventure starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science-fiction television series and ...
'' and ''
Sea Hunt
''Sea Hunt'' is an American action adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges a ...
''. 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
Irwin Allen (born Irwin O. Cohen, June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film gen ...
as a writer and producer for "disaster" TV films including ''
Flood!'' and ''
Fire!
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion.
Fire also commonly refers to:
*Conflagration, a large and destructive fire
*Structure fire, a house or building on fire
*Wildfire, a fire in a forest, rangeland, or o ...
''.
In 1969 Weiss published the nove
O'Kelly's Eclipseabout the undefeated British racehorse
Eclipse
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.
Weiss married actress
Fay Baker on 3 August 1940. He divorced in 1965 and later married Patricia Jones.
Television series scripts
Television series production
Filmography
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1912 births
1980 deaths
American male screenwriters
Writers from New York City
Screenwriters from New York (state)
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters