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name: "Lee Erwin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-erwin"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 September 1906"
died: "9 February 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:55:26.444058+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lee Erwin

Writer. Born 12 September 1906 in Ada. Died 9 February 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 September 1906, Ada
- **Died:** 9 February 1972

## Biography

Lee Erwin was an American television screenwriter. Born on 12 September 1906 in Ada, Oklahoma, he wrote for series from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s.

His credits include episodes of *Have Gun, Will Travel*, *Bewitched*, *The Dick Van Dyke Show*, *Flipper* and *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour*. He wrote the *Star Trek* episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969) and supplied the original story premise that became "The Man Trap". Other work encompassed *Tarzan*, *The Lieutenant* and *All in the Family*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *Bewitched* (1964), Writer, Story
- *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), Writer
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Writer
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), Writer
- *Flipper* (1964), Writer
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), Writer

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