Arthur Weiss

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!.

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)

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
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
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
Screen Play by Arthur Weiss
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
  1. Weiss, Arthur (1969). O'Kelly's Eclipse. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-93427-5.
  2. Weiss, Arthur. "Internet Movie Database".
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