Biography
Lee Erwin (September 12, 1906, in Ada, Oklahoma - June 4, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) was a television writer from the 1950s to the 1970s. Erwin wrote for Mr. & Mrs. North, The Millionaire, Have Gun, Will Travel, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan and many other 1950s and 1960s TV shows. He is probably best known for his Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy", and his two-part Tarzan episode "The Deadly Silence". His episode of The Lieutenant, "To Set It Right", was controversial behind the scenes because the subject matter, racial prejudice, was taboo for entertainment television at the time. Despite claims that it never aired, Gene Roddenberry said it did, and the segment was reviewed by Daily Variety. The episode was included in the 2012 DVD set The Lieutenant: The Complete Series, Part 2, from Warner Media, and a copy exists at The Paley Center for Media. Erwin's last work for television was the script for the All in the Family episode "Writing the President" (1971).
Filmography
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Writer 19
TV Shows 18
Movies 2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Monty Nash (1971)
Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
The Flying Nun (1967)
Star Trek (1966)
Tarzan (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Flipper (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
Peyton Place (1964)
The Lieutenant (1963)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The New Bob Cummings Show (1961)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
The Flying Fontaines (1959)
Laramie (1959)
Sea Hunt (1958)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Jungle Jim (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1906-09-12
Deathday1972-02-09 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceAda, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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