Sumner Arthur Long (31 March 1921 – 6 January 1993) was an American
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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, and author.
He wrote the comedy play ''
Never Too Late''. A
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
adaptation was released in 1965.
Long began writing for television in 1951, and wrote many episodes of
''Lassie'',
“Father Knows Best,” “The Danny Thomas Show,” “Dobie Gillis,” and “The Donna Reed Show.”
References
External links
ObituaryBiographySumner Arthur Long papers, 1950-1989 held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division,
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metro ...
1921 births
1993 deaths
American dramatists and playwrights
People from Boston
Death in California
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