Myles Wilder was the son of B-movie director W. Lee Wilder, and scripted many of his father’s more memorable science fiction and horror films in the 1950s. Myles wrote such cult classics as Phantom from Space (1953), Killers from Space (1954), The Snow Creature (1954), Manfish (1956), Fright (1956), Spy in the Sky (1958), and Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960)
Wilder, who was also the nephew of Oscar-winning director Billy Wilder, began his career writing radio scripts for The Whistler series. He worked frequently on television in the 1960s and 1970s, penning episodes of such series as Bonanza, McHale’s Navy which earned him two Emmy Award nominations, Mr. Terrific, Get Smart, The Flying Nun, and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. He was writer and story consultant for numerous animated series including The Addams Family, Inch High Private Eye, Hong Kong Phooey, Korg: 70,000 B.C., Partridge Family 2200 A.D., and Valley of the Dinosaurs.
Wilder died...
Wilder, who was also the nephew of Oscar-winning director Billy Wilder, began his career writing radio scripts for The Whistler series. He worked frequently on television in the 1960s and 1970s, penning episodes of such series as Bonanza, McHale’s Navy which earned him two Emmy Award nominations, Mr. Terrific, Get Smart, The Flying Nun, and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. He was writer and story consultant for numerous animated series including The Addams Family, Inch High Private Eye, Hong Kong Phooey, Korg: 70,000 B.C., Partridge Family 2200 A.D., and Valley of the Dinosaurs.
Wilder died...
- 4/27/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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