B. Harrison Orkow

Ben Harrison Orkow (1896-1988) was an American screenplay, theatre, and science fiction writer of Russian descent. He was professionally known as either B. Harrison Orkow or Ben Orkow. Orkow was born on January 9 1896 in Korna, Russian Empire to Abe and Anita Orkow. He moved to the United States in 1906 and was educated privately to the equivalent of a university degree.Orkow married his first wife actress Vera "Viva" Tattersall in 1921. They divorced in the late 1920s. He was then married to Evelyne Arends, who sued for divorce in 1930. He later married Ruby Jewel Dreyer with whom he had a child, Miriam Orkow Biro. Orkow died at the age of 92 died on December 11 1988 in Reno, Nevada.