Writer of the biblical epic, The Prodigal, as well as the 1957 noir film, Affair in Havana, which starred John Cassavetes.
He wrote scripts for radio drama series like Hollywood Star Playhouse and Murder By Experts when MGM bought the film rights to one of his stories.
Tapped by MGM to Producer the storyline to Creature from the Black Lagoon, he remembered his imaginary half-man, half-fish creature, and wrote it in to the script.
He was born Maury Zimring in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Jewish immigrants who settled in Iowa at the turn of the century.
The idea for his famous creature came from a folk tale told to him by a Mexican Cinematographer at a dinner party thrown by Orson Welles.
