Sol Saks (December 13, 1910 – April 16, 2011) was an American screenwriter best known as the creator of the television sitcom Bewitched.
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Born | New York City, U.S. | December 13, 1910
Died | April 16, 2011 Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 100)
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Years active | 1953–2005 |
Saks was born in New York City to Jewish parents. He attended Harrison High School in Chicago.[1]
He was a radio actor as a child.[1] He later wrote for radio and TV series such as My Favorite Husband, Mr. Adams and Eve, and I Married Joan.[2]
Saks wrote the screenplay for Cary Grant's last film, the comedy Walk, Don't Run.[2] At the time of its release, Time said his dialogue on that film "bristles amiably from first to last."[3]
He wrote The Craft of Comedy Writing,[4] published by Writer's Digest Books.
Saks died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia on April 16, 2011,[2] at the age of 100, in Los Angeles, California.[5]