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name: "Boris Sobelman"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 September 1909"
died: "29 January 1971"
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updated: "2026-09-16T15:55:09.067494+00:00"
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# Boris Sobelman

Writer. Born 14 September 1909 in Russia. Died 29 January 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 September 1909, Russia
- **Died:** 29 January 1971

## Biography

Boris Sobelman was a television writer active in the 1960s. Born on 14 September 1909 in Russia, he worked primarily on American series and died on 29 January 1971 in Los Angeles, California.

He wrote the teleplay for the *Star Trek* first-season episode "The Return of the Archons" (1967), based on a story by Gene Roddenberry. His other credits include episodes of *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1964), *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1967), *Dr. Kildare* (1964–1965), *Thriller* (1961–1962), *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966–1967), *Run for Your Life* (1966) and *Mannix* (1971). Sobelman received two Writers Guild of America nominations, for episodic comedy on *Dr. Kildare* in 1966 and episodic drama on *Star Trek* in 1968.

*Sources: memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Writer
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), Writer

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