Arthur Weiss
American scriptwriter
Died when: 68 years 74 days (818 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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 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.
Weiss married actress Fay Baker on 3 August 1940.He divorced in 1965 and later married Patricia Jones.
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