Arthur Weiss (13 June 1912 – 26 August 1980) was an American script writer for two decades on action/adventure TV shows like '' Mission: Impossible'', ''

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'', '' The Fugitive'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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! ''Flood!'' is a 1976 American made-for-television adventure film directed by Earl Bellamy. Plot summary The earthen dam above Brownsville, Texas shows signs of imminent collapse, but the mayor, John Cutler, refuses to act. A maverick town boa ...

'' and '' Fire!''. In 1969 Weiss published the nove
O'Kelly's Eclipse
about the undefeated British racehorse

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. Weiss married actress

Fay Baker Fay Baker (born Fay Schwager; January 31, 1917 – December 8, 1987) was an American stage, film and television actress and writer. Using the pen name Beth Holmes, she wrote the novel, ''The Whipping Boy''. She also published, under her own nam ...

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

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