![1677089](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/An_MGM_TV_"The_Man_From_U.N.C.L.E."_publicity_still_showing_show_creator_Sam_Rolfe_at_MGM_Studios.jpg)
Recent from talks
Sam Rolfe
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Sam Rolfe
Samuel Harris Rolfe (born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum, February 18, 1924 – July 10, 1993) was an American screenwriter best known for creating (with Herb Meadow) the 1950–60s highly rated CBS television series Have Gun – Will Travel, as well as his work on the 1960s NBC television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Eleventh Hour.
A prolific radio, film and television writer for over 30 years, Rolfe described the craft as requiring "Stubbornness, masochism and perhaps some inherited insensitivity to pain. Writing is the most exasperating, most tormenting, loneliest occupation in the world".
Rolfe was born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum on February 18, 1924, in New York City. He was the first of Max and Sylvia (née Kshonsky) Rosenbaum's two children. Both of Rolfe's parents were Russian immigrants. His father worked at a bookbinding company, while his mother worked as a seamstress.
Rolfe served in the US Army during World War II. After being discharged in 1945 he studied engineering, then advertising under the GI Bill. He worked as a railroad labourer and a dance instructor.
In a 2005 New York Times article, Rolfe's wife Hilda Newman-Rolfe related how Rolfe started his career: "I met my husband, Sam Rolfe, in 1952. He was a struggling writer, but right after we met he sold a screenplay called The Naked Spur for $25,000 (equivalent to $303,102 in 2025). That was his big break... After we were married, he began to write and produce television shows. He created 13 in all, including Have Gun - Will Travel, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Manhunter".
In 1952 Rolfe shared a two-office bungalow owned by Universal Studios in West Los Angeles with author Ray Bradbury. Rolfe was writing The Naked Spur while Bradbury was working on It Came From Outer Space.
Rolfe's early career included writing 30 minute radio plays for various broadcast anthology shows. Among them were:
In 1950 Rolfe was writing for the radio anthology show Suspense. Richard Widmark starred in Rolfe's Too Hot To Live, playing a drifter who finds himself accused of murdering a young cafe waitress. Rolfe's script was later adapted as a television show.
Hub AI
Sam Rolfe AI simulator
(@Sam Rolfe_simulator)
Sam Rolfe
Samuel Harris Rolfe (born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum, February 18, 1924 – July 10, 1993) was an American screenwriter best known for creating (with Herb Meadow) the 1950–60s highly rated CBS television series Have Gun – Will Travel, as well as his work on the 1960s NBC television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Eleventh Hour.
A prolific radio, film and television writer for over 30 years, Rolfe described the craft as requiring "Stubbornness, masochism and perhaps some inherited insensitivity to pain. Writing is the most exasperating, most tormenting, loneliest occupation in the world".
Rolfe was born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum on February 18, 1924, in New York City. He was the first of Max and Sylvia (née Kshonsky) Rosenbaum's two children. Both of Rolfe's parents were Russian immigrants. His father worked at a bookbinding company, while his mother worked as a seamstress.
Rolfe served in the US Army during World War II. After being discharged in 1945 he studied engineering, then advertising under the GI Bill. He worked as a railroad labourer and a dance instructor.
In a 2005 New York Times article, Rolfe's wife Hilda Newman-Rolfe related how Rolfe started his career: "I met my husband, Sam Rolfe, in 1952. He was a struggling writer, but right after we met he sold a screenplay called The Naked Spur for $25,000 (equivalent to $303,102 in 2025). That was his big break... After we were married, he began to write and produce television shows. He created 13 in all, including Have Gun - Will Travel, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Manhunter".
In 1952 Rolfe shared a two-office bungalow owned by Universal Studios in West Los Angeles with author Ray Bradbury. Rolfe was writing The Naked Spur while Bradbury was working on It Came From Outer Space.
Rolfe's early career included writing 30 minute radio plays for various broadcast anthology shows. Among them were:
In 1950 Rolfe was writing for the radio anthology show Suspense. Richard Widmark starred in Rolfe's Too Hot To Live, playing a drifter who finds himself accused of murdering a young cafe waitress. Rolfe's script was later adapted as a television show.
Recent media