Biography
Morton Fine was an American screenwriter who worked extensively in radio, television and film, often in partnership with David Friedkin. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he served in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War, later earning a master's degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh. He began his writing career in radio on series such as Broadway Is My Beat and Crime Classics before moving into television and features.
Fine's credits include the screenplay for The Pawnbroker (1964), for which he and Friedkin received a Writers Guild of America Award, and multiple episodes of I Spy (1965–1968), on which he also served as producer. He contributed teleplays and stories to Kojak (1973–1975), The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1976) and other series, as well as screenplays for films including The Greek Tycoon (1978) and Cabo Blanco (1980). He died in Santa Monica, California, in 1991.
