Sol Saks
Child actor, screenwriter, producer

Sol Saks

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Child actor, screenwriter, producer
Gender:
Male
Birth:
13 December 1910(New York City, New York, U.S.A.)
Death:
16 April 2011(Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California)
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Sol Saks (December 13, 1910 – April 16, 2011) was an American screenwriter best known as the creator of the television sitcom Bewitched.

Life and career

Saks was born in New York City, New York, to Jewish parents. He attended Harrison High School in Chicago.

He was a radio actor as a child. He later wrote for radio and TV series such as My Favorite Husband, Mr. Adams and Eve, and I Married Joan.

Saks wrote the screenplay for Cary Grant's last film, the comedy Walk, Don't Run. At the time of its release, Time said his dialogue on that film "bristles amiably from first to last."

He wrote The Craft of Comedy Writing, published by Writer's Digest Books.

Death

Saks died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia on April 16, 2011, at the age of 100, in Los Angeles, California.

He was survived by his wife Sandra, daughter Mary Spivey, son Daniel Saks, two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.