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. Early life Rolfe was born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum on February 18, 1924 in New York City. He was the first of Max (1895–1964) and Sylvia (née Kshonsky; 1901–1985) Rosenbaum's two children. Both of Rolfe's parents were Russian immigrants. His father worked as a tailor's presser at a clothes factory, while his mother worked as a seamstress. Early career 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. 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.