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!.
Arthur Weiss | |
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| Born | Arthur Weiss 13 June 1912 |
| Died | 26 August 1980 (aged 68) |
| Years active | 1955–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Fay Baker (1940–1965; divorced) 2 children (1 deceased) |
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.
Television series scripts
edit| TV series Scripts[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| TV Show | Episode | Date |
| Emergency! | Body Language | 8 December 1973 |
| Quicker Than the Eye | 9 November 1974 | |
| Super Friends | The Power Pirate | 8 September 1973 |
| The Baffles Puzzle | 15 September 1973 | |
| Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C. | 22 September 1973 | |
| The Weather Maker | 29 September 1973 | |
| Dr. Pelagian's War | 6 October 1973 | |
| Shamon U | 13 October 1973 | |
| Too Hot to Handle | 20 October 1973 | |
| The Androids | 27 October 1973 | |
| The Balloon People | 3 November 1973 | |
| The Fantastic Frerps | 10 November 1973 | |
| The Ultra Beam | 17 November 1973 | |
| Menace of the White Dwarf | 24 November 1973 | |
| The Mysterious Moles | 1 December 1973 | |
| Gulliver's Gigantic Goof | 8 December 1973 | |
| The Planet Splitter | 15 December 1973 | |
| The Watermen | 22 December 1973 | |
| Mission: Impossible | The Killer | 19 September 1970 |
| Takeover | 2 January 1971 | |
| The Missile | 16 January 1971 | |
| Blind | 18 September 1971 | |
| Underwater | 6 November 1971 | |
| Committed | 22 January 1972 | |
| Movie | 4 November 1972 | |
| Land of the Giants | Target: Earth | 2 March 1969 |
| The Chase | 20 April 1969 | |
| Deadly Pawn | 12 October 1969 | |
| Chamber of Fear | 16 November 1969 | |
| Mannix | The Silent Cry | 28 September 1968 |
| Fly, Little One | 21 February 1970 | |
| The Man Outside | 24 November 1971 | |
| To Kill a Memory | 29 October 1972 | |
| A Question of Murder | 10 March 1974 | |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Fires of Death | 17 September 1967 |
| Journey with Fear | 15 October 1967 | |
| Deadly Amphibians | 17 December 1967 | |
| Savage Jungle | 25 February 1968 | |
| The Time Tunnel | One Way to the Moon | 16 September 1966 |
| End of the World | 23 September 1966 | |
| The Day the Sky Fell In | 30 September 1966 | |
| The Last Patrol | 7 October 1966 | |
| Crack of Doom | 14 October 1966 | |
| Revenge of the Gods | 21 October 1966 | |
| Massacre | 28 October 1966 | |
| Devil's Island | 11 November 1966 | |
| Reign of Terror | 18 November 1966 | |
| Secret Weapon | 25 November 1966 | |
| The Death Trap | 2 December 1966 | |
| The Alamo | 9 December 1966 | |
| Night of the Long Knives | 16 December 1966 | |
| Invasion | 23 December 1966 | |
| The Revenge of Robin Hood | 30 December 1966 | |
| Kill Two by Two | 6 January 1967 | |
| The Ghost of Nero | 20 January 1967 | |
| The Walls of Jericho | 27 January 1967 | |
| Idol of Death | 3 February 1967 | |
| Billy the Kid | 10 February 1967 | |
| Pirates of Deadman's Island | 17 February 1967 | |
| Chase Through Time | 24 February 1967 | |
| The Death Merchant | 3 March 1967 | |
| Attack of the Barbarians | 10 March 1967 | |
| Merlin the Magician | 17 March 1967 | |
| The Kidnappers | 24 March 1967 | |
| Raiders from Outer Space | 31 March 1967 | |
| Town of Terror | 7 April 1967 | |
| Daktari | Leopard of Madla George | 15 February 1966 |
| Flipper | (unknown episodes) | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | Decision in the Ring | 22 October 1963 |
| Home Is the Hunted | 7 January 1964 | |
| The End Is But the Beginning | 12 January 1965 | |
| Fun and Games and Party Favors | 26 January 1965 | |
| Dr. Kildare | A Time to Every Purpose | 27 December 1962 |
| Ripcord | The Sky Diver | 28 September 1961 |
| Everglades | Lie Detector | 27 November 1961 |
| Men into Space | Moon Probe | 30 September 1959 |
| Tankers in Space | 6 January 1960 | |
| The Man and the Challenge | Odds Against Survival | 26 September 1959 |
| White Out | 14 November 1959 | |
| The Rifleman | Young Englishman | 16 December 1958 |
| The Restless Gun | The Hand Is Quicker | 17 March 1958 |
| The Court of Last Resort | The Frank Clark Case (writing supervisor) | 21 February 1958 |
| The Jacob Loveless Case (script supervisor) | 28 February 1958 | |
| The Mary Morales Case | 21 March 1958 | |
| The Todd-Loomis Case | 4 April 1958 | |
| Sea Hunt | Sixty Feet Below | 4 January 1958 |
| Mark of the Octopus | 1 February 1958 | |
| Killer Whale | 22 March 1958 | |
| Magnetic Mine | 31 May 1958 | |
| Hermes | 10 May 1959 | |
| Dr. Christian | The Guardian | 1 January 1956 |
| Highway Patrol | Released Convict | 1 January 1956 |
| Hit and Run | 13 February 1956 | |
| Dead Patrolman | 30 April 1956 | |
| Stolen Car Ring | 24 December 1956 | |
| Mistaken Identity | 1 January 1957 | |
| Escaped Mental Patient | 1 January 1957 | |
| Nitro | 25 March 1957 | |
| Double Cross | 3 June 1957 | |
| Science Fiction Theatre | The Unexplored | 11 November 1955 |
| Before the Beginning | 16 December 1955 | |
| The Long Sleep | 13 April 1956 | |
| The Unguided Missile | 25 May 1956 | |
| Jupitron | 17 August 1956 | |
| The Strange Lodger | 8 February 1957 | |
| Four Star Playhouse | Tusitala | 24 February 1955 |
Television series production
edit| TV series Production[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| TV Show | Episode | Date |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (Producer) | (unknown episodes) | 1975–1977 |
| The Fugitive (Associate Producer) | Fear in a Desert City | 17 September 1963 |
| The Witch | 24 September 1963 | |
| The Other Side of the Mountain | 1 October 1963 | |
| Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1 | 8 October 1963 | |
| Never Wave Goodbye: Part 2 | 15 October 1963 | |
| Smoke Screen | 29 October 1963 | |
| Fatso | 19 November 1963 | |
| Home Is the Hunted | 7 January 1964 | |
| Come Watch Me Die | 21 January 1964 | |
| Where the Action Is | 28 January 1964 | |
| Flight from the Final Demon | 10 March 1964 | |
| Taps for a Dead War | 17 March 1964 | |
| Somebody to Remember | 24 March 1964 | |
| Never Stop Running | 31 March 1964 | |
| The Homecoming | 7 April 1964 | |
| Storm Center | 14 April 1964 | |
| The End Game | 21 April 1964 | |
Filmography
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| Film[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Flipper | Original Script | Posthumous credit |
| 1983 | The Night the Bridge Fell Down | Writer | Posthumous credit |
| 1978 | The Return of Captain Nemo | Producer | TV |
| 1977 | Fire! | Writer/Executive | TV |
| 1976 | Adventures of the Queen | Production Executive | TV |
| 1976 | Flood! | Writer/Executive | TV |
| 1976 | Time Travelers | Production executive | TV |
| 1966 | Namu, the Killer Whale | Writer | |
| 1966 | Around the World Under the Sea | Writer | |
| 1964 | Rhino! | Writer | |
| 1963 | Flipper | Writer | |
References
edit- ^ Weiss, Arthur (1969). O'Kelly's Eclipse. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-93427-5.
- ^ a b c Weiss, Arthur. "Internet Movie Database". IMDb.