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name: "Sam Ross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-ross"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 March 1911"
died: "30 March 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:00:47.372605+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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# Sam Ross

Writer. Born 10 March 1911 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. Died 30 March 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 March 1911, Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
- **Died:** 30 March 1998

## Biography

Sam Ross was a novelist and television scriptwriter. Born in Kiev in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine), he moved to Chicago as a child, attended Northwestern University and served in the Merchant Marine during the Second World War before becoming a full-time writer.

His first novel, *He Ran All the Way* (1947), was adapted into a 1951 film starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. Ross wrote episodes for numerous television series, including three for *The Fugitive* (1966–1967), as well as *Mannix*, *Ben Casey*, *Rawhide* and *The Six Million Dollar Man*. He also taught writing at UCLA and other institutions.

*Sources: latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Writer
- *He Ran All the Way* (1951), Novel

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