Director

Arch Oboler

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 103360

IMDb ID: nm0643443

Known for: Writing

Born: December 7, 1909

Died: March 19, 1987

Age: 77

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1940 - 1986

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 5.95

Wikidata: Q632079

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arch Oboler (December 7, 1907–March 19, 1987) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer and director who was active in radio, films, theater and television. He generated much attention with his radio scripts, particularly the horror series Lights Out, and his work in radio remains the outstanding period of his career. Praised as one of broadcasting's top talents, he is regarded today as a key innovator of radio drama. Radio historian John Dunning wrote, "Few people were ambivalent when it came to Arch Oboler. He was one of those intense personalities who are liked and disliked with equal fire." Oboler was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Leon Oboler and Clara Oboler, Jewish immigrants from Riga, Latvia. He was brothers with Eli M. Oboler. Arch Oboler briefly attended the University of Chicago prior to dropping out to pursue a full-time writing career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arch Oboler licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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