LC control no. | no2002075488 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Rolfe, Sam H., 1924-1993 |
Variant(s) | Rolfe, Samuel Harris, 1924-1993 Rosenbaum, Samuel Harris, 1924-1993 |
Birth date | 1924-02-18 |
Death date | 1993-07-10 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Profession or occupation | Screenwriters Television producers and directors |
Found in | The naked spur, 1953: title frame (Sam H. Rolfe) Internet Movie Database, Aug. 20, 2002 (Sam Rolfe, b. 18 February 1924, New York; d. 10 July 1993, Los Angeles, of heart attack; screenwriter; TV series producer) Wikipedia, July 14, 2016 (Sam Rolfe; Samuel Harris "Sam" Rolfe (February 18, 1924-July 10, 1993) was an American screenwriter best known for creating (with Herb Meadow) the well-remembered television series Have Gun--Will Travel, first appearing on CBS, as well as his work on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Eleventh Hour, both on NBC; Rolfe was born in New York; he scored an Oscar nomination with his first screenplay, the Anthony Mann Western The Naked Spur in 1953; most of Rolfe's subsequent career was spent in television; he was twice nominated for an Emmy Award, once for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and once for Have Gun--Will Travel; he continued to work as a producer and screenwriter right up until his death; his most notable contribution in later life was to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Vengeance Factor" and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Vortex;" he died of a heart attack in 1993 in Los Angeles, California, aged 69, after collapsing while playing tennis) ancestry.com, July 14, 2016 (Samuel Harris Rosenbaum; Samuel Harris Rolfe; Sam H. Rolfe; Sam Rolfe; Samuel Rolfe; born February 18, 1924 in New York, New York; died July 10, 1993 in Los Angeles, California; son of Max Rosenbaum and Sylvia Kshonsky) |
Associated language | eng |