Don Mankiewicz

• Name — Don Mankiewicz • Birth Name — Don Martin Mankiewicz • Born — 20 January 1922 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 25 April 2015 • Place of death — Monrovia, California, U.S. • Parents — Sara (née Aaronson) Herman J. Mankiewicz • Family — Mankiewicz • Education — Columbia University • Occupation — * Novelist • Screenwriter • Years Active — 1953–1977 • Known for — Trial (novel) • Children — 4

Born in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of Sara (née Aaronson) and the screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and brother of journalist Frank Mankiewicz. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1942.

His 1955 novel Trial won the Harper Prize and was made into a film of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958). Among his many television credits are Ironside, for which he wrote the pilot, the Star Trek episode "Court Martial", and the mini-series adaptation of President John F. Kennedy's book Profiles in Courage. His college classmate, the novelist and journalist, Gordon Cotler was a frequent creative partner, including: Lanigan's Rabbi, Rosetti and Ryan, The Bait, McMillan & Wife, and The Black Bird.

Mankiewicz married Ilene Korsen on March 26, 1946, and divorced her in 1972. He married Carol Bell Guidi on July 1, 1972. Mankiewicz had 2 children with Ilene (Jane and John). He had two children with Carol (Jan and Sandy). His son is screenwriter and producer John Mankiewicz. Jane is a fiction writer published in The New Yorker.

Mankiewicz died on April 25, 2015, at his home in Monrovia, California at age 93 of congestive heart failure. He was survived by his wife of 40 years and his four children.

• See How They Run (1951) • Trial (1955) • It Only Hurts a Minute (1966)

• Year — TV Series — Credit — Notes • 1950–53 — Studio One in Hollywood — Writer — 2 Episodes • 1951 — Schlitz Playhouse — Writer — 1 Episode • 1953 — Your Jeweler's Showcase — Writer — 1 Episode • 1955 — TV Reader's Digest — Writer — 1 Episode • Lux Video Theatre — Writer — 1 Episode • The Joseph Cotten Show — Writer — 1 Episode • Star Stage — Writer — 2 Episodes • 1956 — The Ford Television Theater — Writer — 1 Episode • 1957 — Playhouse 90 — Writer — 1 Episode • 1958 — Kraft Television Theatre — Writer — 2 Episodes • 1959 — Armchair Theatre — Writer — 1 Episode • 1959–61 — One Step Beyond — Writer — 6 Episodes • 1961 — Bus Stop — Writer — 1 Episode • 1961–63 — Armstrong Circle Theatre — Writer — 4 Episodes • 1962 — The DuPont Show of the Week — Writer — 1 Episode • General Electric Theater — Writer — 1 Episode • 1964–65 — Profiles in Courage — Writer — 6 Episodes • 1966 — Hawk — Writer — 2 Episodes • The Trials of O'Brien — Writer — 1 Episode • 1967 — Star Trek: The Original Series — Writer — 1 Episode • 1967–68 — Ironside — Writer — 5 Episodes • 1969 — Mannix — Writer — 1 Episode • 1969–70 — Marcus Welby, M.D. — Writer — 2 Episodes • 1971 — Sarge — Writer — 1 Episode • 1973–77 — McMillan & Wife — Writer — 3 Episodes • 1976–77 — Lanigan's Rabbi — Writer, Supervising Producer — 2 Episodes • 1977 — Rosetti and Ryan — Writer — 2 Episodes • 1982–83 — Hart to Hart — Executive Script Consultant — 14 Episodes • 1983 — Simon & Simon — Writer, Executive Story Consultant • Murder Ink — Writer — Television Movie • 1985 — Crazy Like a Fox — Executive Story Consultant — 4 Episodes • 1986 — MacGyver — Writer — 1 Episode • 1987 — Adderly — Executive Story Consultant — 1 Episode • 1995 — The Marshal — Writer — 1 Episode