Biography
Leigh Vance (1922–1994) was a British screenwriter and producer who specialised in crime and mystery stories for film and television.
He began his career writing screenplays for British films including The Frightened City (1961) and The Black Windmill (1974). He contributed episodes to series such as The Avengers (1961) and The Saint (1962), and later wrote multiple episodes, including stories and teleplays, for Mission: Impossible (1966) between 1969 and 1972. He also wrote for Mannix (1967).
Vance moved to Hollywood, where he produced series including Baretta and Hart to Hart. He was a founding officer of the British Writers' Guild and served as president of the International Writers' Guild. He died in Los Angeles on 15 October 1994.
