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name: "Max Hodge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-hodge"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 February 1916"
died: "17 August 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:00:19.674874+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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# Max Hodge

Writer. Born 12 February 1916 in Matherville, Illinois, USA. Died 17 August 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 February 1916, Matherville, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 17 August 2007

## Biography

Max Hodge was an American television writer. He was born on 12 February 1916 in Matherville, Illinois, and died on 17 August 2007 in Woodland Hills, California.

After graduating from the University of Michigan and serving in the US Navy during the Second World War, Hodge attended the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts. He began his television career in the 1960s and wrote episodes for series including *Dr. Kildare* (1965), *Batman* (1966), *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966–67, also associate producer), *Mission: Impossible* (1968), *The Wild Wild West* (1968), *Ironside* (1971–72), *The Waltons* (1975–76), *CHiPs* (1978–80) and *Quincy, M.E.* (1978). He is credited with creating the character Mr. Freeze for the *Batman* television series.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *Batman* (1966), Writer
- *CHiPs* (1977), Writer
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), Writer
- *The Waltons* (1972), Writer
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), Writer
- *Ironside* (1967), Writer
- *Cannon* (1971), Writer

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