Jerry Sohl

Jerry Sohl

Writer. Born 2 December 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 4 November 2002.

WriterAmerican
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Titles on Fi1m
84
Average Fi1m score
Born
2 December 1913, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
4 November 2002
Active
1959–1966

Biography

Jerry Sohl (1913–2002) was an American science fiction author and television scriptwriter. He worked as a journalist in the Midwest before turning to fiction and screenwriting in the 1950s.

Sohl wrote more than twenty novels, including The Haploids (1952) and The Transcendent Man (1953). His television credits include episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, The Invaders and three episodes of Star Trek (one credited under the pseudonym Nathan Butler). He ghostwrote three episodes of The Twilight Zone for Charles Beaumont: "The New Exhibit", "Queen of the Nile" and "Living Doll".

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Jerry Sohl is known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Outer Limits (1963), Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965), Die, Monster, Die! (1965) and The Invaders (1967).