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name: "Mann Rubin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mann-rubin"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 December 1927"
died: "12 October 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T16:42:45.672037+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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# Mann Rubin

Writer. Born 11 December 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 12 October 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 December 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 October 2013
- **Active:** 1963–1974

## Biography

Mann Rubin (11 December 1927 – 12 October 2013) was an American film and television screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he served in the US Army from 1945 to 1947 and earned a BA from New York University in 1952. He began his career writing science fiction stories for DC Comics titles including *Mystery in Space* and *Strange Adventures*, and later contributed to *Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine*.

Rubin wrote for numerous television series from the late 1940s to the 1990s, with credits including episodes of *Studio One in Hollywood*, *Tales of Tomorrow*, *Perry Mason*, *The Fugitive* (1963), *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *The Rockford Files* and *Dynasty*. His feature film work included the screenplay for *The Best of Everything* (1959, co-written with Edith Sommer), *Brainstorm* (1965), *Warning Shot* (1967), *An American Dream* (1966) and *The First Deadly Sin* (1980). He also taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California for more than ten years.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *Perry Mason* (1957), Writer
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Writer
- *Land of the Giants* (1968), Writer
- *The Best of Everything* (1959), Screenplay
- *The First Deadly Sin* (1980), Screenplay

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