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name: "Leigh Vance"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leigh-vance"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 March 1922"
died: "15 October 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:58:09.854997+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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# Leigh Vance

Writer. Born 18 March 1922. Died 15 October 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 March 1922
- **Died:** 15 October 1994
- **Active:** 1961–1966
- **Works often with:** Donald James, John Llewellyn Moxey

## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Writer

## Also known for

- *The Saint* (1962), Writer
- *The Black Windmill* (1974), Screenplay
- *Mannix* (1967), Writer

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