Biography
Mitch Lindemann was an American screenwriter and producer. He began writing for the Federal Theater Project in the 1930s and later contributed to radio and television versions of The Life of Riley. In the mid-1940s he moved into screenwriting, working as a partner to John Howard Lawson at the Hecht-Lancaster company.
His career was affected by the Hollywood blacklist after his name appeared in House Un-American Activities Committee proceedings in 1948. He often worked through fronts or under pseudonyms. Credited work includes the screenplay for The Careless Years (1957) and, with Ben Maddow, the screenplay for The Way West (1967); he also served as associate producer on Cat Ballou (1965) and The Way West.
Later credits include an episode of The Name of the Game (1969) and, as Mitchell Lindemann, the story and teleplay for the 1975 The Rockford Files episode 'Roundabout'. Lindemann died in 1977.
