Arthur Weiss was an American script writer for two decades on action/adventure TV shows like Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...

, Mannix

Mannix

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors...

, The Fugitive

The Fugitive (TV series)

The Fugitive is an American drama series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death...

, Super Friends

Super Friends

Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup...

, The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen, his third science fiction television series. The show's main theme was Time Travel Adventure. The Time Tunnel was released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran...

and Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt was an American adventure television series that was aired in syndication by Ziv Television Programs from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced...

. His most famous creation was the script for the movie Flipper

Flipper (1963 film)

Flipper is an American feature film released on August 14, 1963 written by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden. Produced by Ivan Tors and directed by James B. Clark, it portrays a 12-year old boy living with his parents on the Florida Keys, who befriends an injured wild dolphin...

in 1963, which became a TV series and was remade as a movie in 1996. He also worked alongside Irwin Allen

Irwin Allen

Irwin Allen was a television and film director and producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of television series.- Biography :...

 as a writer and producer for "disaster" TV films including Flood!

Flood!

- Cast :*Robert Culp as Steve Brannigan*Martin Milner as Paul Burke*Barbara Hershey as Mary Cutler*Richard Basehart as John Cutler*Carol Lynley as Abbie Adams*Roddy McDowall as Mr. Franklin*Cameron Mitchell as Sam Adams*Eric Olson as Andy Cutler...

and Fire!

Fire!

Fire! is a 1901] British short silent drama film, directed by James Williamson, showing the occupants of a house in Hove being rescued by the local fire service. This five tableaux film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was one of the very first films to make use of multiple shots...

.

In 1969 Weiss published the novel O'Kelly's Eclipse about the undefeated British racehorse Eclipse

Eclipse (horse)

Eclipse was an outstanding, undefeated 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse who was later a phenomenal success as a sire.-Breeding:...

.

Weiss married actress Fay Baker

Fay Baker

Fay Baker was an American stage, film and television actress, and a successful author under the pen name Beth Holmes. Her novel, , made the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in 1978...

 on August 3, 1940. He divorced in 1965 and later married Patricia Jones.

Television Series Scripts

TV Series Scripts
TV Show	Episode	Date
Emergency! Emergency! Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...	Body Language	8 December 1973
	Quicker Than the Eye	9 November 1974
Super Friends Super Friends Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup...	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 Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...	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 Land of the Giants Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was...	Target: Earth	2 March 1969
	The Chase	20 April 1969
	Deadly Pawn	12 October 1969
	Chamber of Fear	16 November 1969
Mannix Mannix Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors...	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 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is an American science fiction film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, released by 20th Century Fox in 1961. The story was written by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett. Walter Pidgeon starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson, with Robert Sterling as Captain Lee Crane...	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 The Time Tunnel The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen, his third science fiction television series. The show's main theme was Time Travel Adventure. The Time Tunnel was released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran...	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 Daktari Daktari is an American children's drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series, an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television, stars Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Centre for Animal Behaviour in East...	Leopard of Madla George	15 February 1966
Flipper Flipper (1964 TV series) Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park...	(unknown episodes)	1964
The Fugitive The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death...	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 Dr. Kildare Dr. James Kildare is a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show, and a short-lived 1970s television series...	A Time to Every Purpose	27 December 1962
Ripcord Ripcord (TV series) Ripcord is an American syndicated television series that ran for 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963 about the exploits of a skydiving operation by the same name.-Overview:...	Mile High Triangle	1 January 1962
Everglades Everglades The Everglades are subtropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee...	Lie Detector	27 November 1961
Men Into Space Men Into Space Men Into Space is an American sci-fi television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The black-and-white filmed show starred William Lundigan as Col...	Moon Probe	30 September 1959
	Tankers in Space	6 January 1960
The Man and the Challenge The Man and the Challenge The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series which ran new episodes on NBC from September 12, 1959, to June 11, 1960. It starred George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, an agency that conducted...	Odds Against Survival	26 September 1959
	White Out	14 November 1959
The Rifleman The Rifleman The Rifleman is an American Western television program that starred Chuck Connors as homesteader Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show, filmed in black-and-white with a half hour running time, ran...	Young Englishman	16 December 1958
The Restless Gun The Restless Gun The Restless Gun is a western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict...	The Hand Is Quicker	17 March 1958
The Court of Last Resort The Court of Last Resort The Court of Last Resort is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. It was co-produced by Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions, which also brought forth the long-running hit television program, Perry Mason on CBS.Its approach to dealing with...	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 Sea Hunt Sea Hunt was an American adventure television series that was aired in syndication by Ziv Television Programs from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced...	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 Dr. Christian Dr. Christian was a long-running radio series with Jean Hersholt in the title role. It aired on CBS from 1937 to 1954.After Hersholt portrayed the character Dr. John Luke, based on Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the obstetrician who delivered and cared for the Dionne Quintuplets, in the 20th Century Fox...	The Guardian	1 January 1956
Highway Patrol Highway patrol A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.Duties of highway patrols or traffic...	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 Science Fiction Theatre Science Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in syndication from April 1955 to April 1957. It was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv.-Overview:...	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 Four Star Playhouse Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953...	Tusitala	24 February 1955

Television Series Production

TV Series Production
TV Show	Episode	Date
The Swiss Family Robinson The Swiss Family Robinson -History:Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance...  (Producer)	(unknown episodes)	1975–1977
The Fugitive The Fugitive (TV series) The Fugitive is an American drama series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death...  (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

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Flipper Flipper (1996 film) Flipper is a 1996 remake of the 1963 film of the same name, starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood. The movie is about a boy who has to spend the summer with his uncle Porter , who lives in the Florida Keys...	Original Script	Posthumous credit
1983	The Night the Bridge Fell Down The Night the Bridge Fell Down The Night the Bridge Fell Down is an American action film starring James MacArthur, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Leslie Nielsen. The movie was produced by Irwin Allen in 1979 in association with Warner Bros...	Writer	Posthumous credit
1978	The Return of Captain Nemo The Return of Captain Nemo The Return of Captain Nemo is a 1978 science fiction TV movie directed by Alex March and Paul Stader. It is loosely based on characters and settings from Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea...	Producer	TV
1977	Fire! Fire! Fire! is a 1901] British short silent drama film, directed by James Williamson, showing the occupants of a house in Hove being rescued by the local fire service. This five tableaux film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was one of the very first films to make use of multiple shots...	Writer/Executive	TV
1976	Adventures of the Queen	Production Executive	TV
1976	Flood! Flood! - Cast :*Robert Culp as Steve Brannigan*Martin Milner as Paul Burke*Barbara Hershey as Mary Cutler*Richard Basehart as John Cutler*Carol Lynley as Abbie Adams*Roddy McDowall as Mr. Franklin*Cameron Mitchell as Sam Adams*Eric Olson as Andy Cutler...	Writer/Executive	TV
1976	Time Travelers	Production executive	TV
1966	Namu, the Killer Whale Namu, the Killer Whale Namu, the Killer Whale is a 1966 American film about a killer whale being studied by a local marine biologist and initially feared by local townspeople. The fictional story was filmed on location in the San Juan Islands and at Rich Cove near Port Orchard in the US state of Washington...	Writer
1966	Around the World Under the Sea Around the World Under the Sea Around the World Under the Sea is a 1966 science fiction film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Lloyd Bridges, with Marshall Thompson, Shirley Eaton, Gary Merrill, and David McCallum...	Writer
1964	Rhino!	Writer
1963	Flipper Flipper (1963 film) Flipper is an American feature film released on August 14, 1963 written by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden. Produced by Ivan Tors and directed by James B. Clark, it portrays a 12-year old boy living with his parents on the Florida Keys, who befriends an injured wild dolphin...	Writer

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