Born in New York, USA. Television writer and producer who had a brief career in feature films. Screen writing credits (alone or in collaboration) include THE NAKED SPUR (1953), THE McCONNELL STORY and TARGET ZERO (both 1955), PILLARS OF THE SKY (1956), TO TRAP A SPY (1964) and THE SPY IN THE GREEN HAT (1966). He wrote many made-for-TV movies and wrote for several TV series, such as "Have Gun - Will Travel" (also series creator and producer), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "Kaz" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."  Nominated for Writing (Story and Screenplay) 1953: THE NAKED SPUR (w. Harold Jack Bloom) 1 nomination