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name: "Sheldon Stark"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheldon-stark"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 August 1909"
died: "6 February 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T15:59:52.060428+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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# Sheldon Stark

Writer. Born 7 August 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 February 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 August 1909, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 6 February 1997
- **Active:** 1963–1966

## Biography

Sheldon Stark (1909–1997) was an American writer whose credits include radio serials, syndicated cartoons, television episodes and stage plays.

He contributed teleplays and stories to *The Fugitive* (1963), including four episodes in 1964, and a story for *Mission: Impossible* (1966) in 1970. Other television work encompassed episodes of *Batman* (1966), *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), *Land of the Giants* (1968), *The Waltons* (1972) and *Quincy, M.E.* (1977). He received a Writers Guild of America nomination for episodic drama for his work on *The Waltons*.

Stark began his career writing radio serials and later for syndicated cartoons. He was blacklisted in the early 1950s and wrote the Off-Broadway play *Time of Storm*, which addressed the dangers of McCarthyism. He taught screenwriting at UCLA and other institutions.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

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

## Also known for

- *Batman* (1966), Writer
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), Story, Writer
- *Land of the Giants* (1968), Teleplay

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