Mann Rubin

Rubin was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He served in the United States Army from 1945 until 1947 before completing his Bachelor of Arts degree at New York University in 1952.[1]

He initially worked as a science fiction writer for DC Comics. His writing credits at DC Comics included Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures.[1] Rubin later published stories in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.[1] He would later pen the screenplay for an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.[1]

Rubin penned scripts for dozens of television series between the 1950s and 1990s.[1] His work in television began in the late 1940s with the CBS anthology series, Studio One in Hollywood, and Tales of Tomorrow, which aired on ABC.[1][2] His numerous television credits included episodes of Dynasty, The F.B.I., The Feather and Father Gang, The Fugitive, Mannix, Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, Perry Mason, Quincy, M.E., The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Starsky & Hutch.[1][2] His later television series was the short-lived reboot of Dragnet in 1990.[1][3]

Rubin was also active in feature film. Rubin and Edith Sommer co-wrote the 1959 Jean Negulesco film, The Best of Everything, which they adapted from the 1958 novel of the same name by Rona Jaffe.[1] Rubin also adapted the 1980 film, The First Deadly Sin, from a novel by Lawrence Sanders.[1] The First Deadly Sin, which starred Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway, marked Sinatra's last major film role.[1][2]

In more recent years, Rubin wrote the scripts for two short films. He co-wrote A Nice Touch, a 2012 short directed by Richard Jones, which starred Scottish actor, Dougray Scott.[1] Rubin's last short film, A Lasting Impression, which stars Tanna Frederick, will debut at various film festivals in 2014.[1]

Mann Rubin died of a long illness on October 12, 2013, in West Hills, California, at the age of 85.[1][2]

• Works by Mann Rubin at Project Gutenberg
• Mann Rubin at IMDb