Lewis Greifer, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lewis Greifer

Television, film, and radio writer

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1915

Date of Death: 18-Mar-2003

Profession: screenwriter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lewis Greifer (19 December 1915 in London, England – 18 March 2003) was a writer for television, film, and radio.After wartime service in the Royal Air Force (RAF), he pursued a career in journalism and joined the London Evening Standard, where he worked from 1952 to 1956.
He contributed sketches for radio, including for The Goon Show amongst others.
In 1969, he diversified somewhat and devised Who-Dun-It for ATV, an audience participation series. Greifer also wrote episodes of The Prisoner ("The General", 1967), Crossroads, and the initial draft of the Tom Baker Doctor Who story Pyramids of Mars.
The latter script had to be radically rewritten by script-editor Robert Holmes, who decided to use the pseudonym Stephen Harris on the final product.
Greifer had meanwhile returned to teach at the University of Tel Aviv, and had little contact with television in his remaining years.