---
name: "Lewis Greifer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lewis-greifer"
fi1m_id: "lewis-greifer"
imdb_id: "nm0340042"
tmdb_id: 184863
wikidata_id: "Q6536621"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 December 1915"
died: "18 March 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:24:33.850547+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."
---

# Lewis Greifer

## Identity

Lewis Greifer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lewis-greifer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lewis-greifer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0340042
- **TMDB ID:** 184863
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6536621
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Greifer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/184863

Writer. Born 19 December 1915 in London, England. Died 18 March 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 December 1915, London, England
- **Died:** 18 March 2003
- **Active:** 1963–1967
- **Also known as:** Lewis Griefer
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Greifer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/184863

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lewis Greifer was an English writer for television, film and radio. Born in London on 19 December 1915, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War before working as a journalist, including at the London Evening Standard from 1952 to 1956. He contributed radio sketches, among them for The Goon Show.

Greifer wrote for numerous British television series from the 1950s to the 1970s. His credits include the 1961 film Cash on Demand, the 1967 series The Prisoner (episode 'The General'), and the initial draft of the Doctor Who story Pyramids of Mars (1975), later rewritten by Robert Holmes. He devised the audience-participation series Who-Dun-It for ATV in 1969. In later years he taught at the University of Tel Aviv. He died in London on 18 March 2003.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death* (2024), Characters
- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Characters
- *Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars* (1975), Writer
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, Writer
- *Suspicion* (1971), series, Writer
- *Special Branch* (1969), series, Writer
- *Who-Dun-It* (1969), series, Writer
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Up Jumped a Swagman* (1965), Writer
- *Knock on Any Door* (1965), series, Writer
- *The Man Who Finally Died* (1963), Story, Screenplay
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *24-Hour Call* (1963), series, Writer
- *Cash on Demand* (1961), Screenplay
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, Writer
- *Theatre '70* (1960), series, Writer
- *The Voodoo Factor* (1959), Writer
- *Dearth of a Salesman* (1957), Writer

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