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name: "Wilton Schiller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wilton-schiller"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 July 1919"
died: "27 July 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:01:31.816511+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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# Wilton Schiller

Writer. Born 24 July 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. Died 27 July 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 July 1919, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- **Died:** 27 July 2014

## Biography

Wilton Schiller (24 July 1919 – 27 July 2014) was an American television writer and producer. Born in Chicago, he graduated from the University of Chicago and began his career writing for radio and performing comedy before serving in the US Army during the Second World War. After the war he worked as a literary agent at MCA and moved into television writing in the early 1950s.

He wrote episodes of numerous series including *Adventures of Superman*, *Lassie*, *Dragnet*, *Leave It to Beaver*, *Rawhide*, *Adam-12* and *The Six Million Dollar Man*. Schiller also wrote the screenplay for the 1964 feature *The New Interns*. In the 1960s he produced *Ben Casey* and the first season of *Mannix*, and he produced the final season of *The Fugitive*, including its record-breaking 1967 series finale. He later served as executive story consultant on *The Six Million Dollar Man* and co-wrote the 1979 television film *Captain America II: Death Too Soon* with his wife, Patricia Payne. Schiller taught screenwriting at UCLA in the 1960s.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Writer
- *Captain America II: Death Too Soon* (1979), Writer
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *Adam-12* (1968), Writer

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