Westchester High School Teacher Mr. Meyer Dolinsky Mr. Meyer Dolinsky – English Teacher and American Screenwriter In Memoriam Westchester High School - Los Angeles, CA: Teacher '57, '58, '59 and Orion Year '60 Born: October 13, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Died: February 29, 1984 (age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA Education: U.C.L.A. - B.A. (1949) USC - Teaching Credential (1950) Career: Full-time writer, primarily of television and movie screenplays (1947-Date) Instructor, West Los Angeles College English Teacher, Westchester High School (LAUSD) Professional Affiliations: TV Academy Writers Guild of America Other Names: As an American screenwriter, his works were sometimes credited to "Michael Adams" or "Mike Adams". Interests: Photography, psychology, chess, sailing, poker, and the commodities market Spouse/Partner: Unknown (No records) W. Sobko 1 of 12 04/03/14 Westchester High School Teacher Mr. Meyer Dolinsky Family: Unknown (No record of children) Parents/Siblings: Hyman Dolinsky - Father, House painter born in Chicago. Born: Aug 18, 1890 Deceased: Apr, 1977 Location: Los Angeles, CA Lillian Dolinsky (Milchman) – Mother Born: Sept 10, 1889 Deceased: Nov, 1975 Location: Los Angeles, CA Annette Dolinsky (Baran) - Sister (1927-2010) From Wikipedia and Other Sources: Meyer Dolinsky (October 13, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois – February 29, 1984 in Los Angeles, California), aka Mike Dolinsky (sometimes credited as "Michael Adams" or "Mike Adams"), was an American screenwriter, actor, and stunt coordinator. Books: Mind One (1972), Dell Books, ISBN 0-86007-079-4[1] Golden Gate Caper (June, 1976), by Mike (Meyer) Dolinsky Dell Books http://glorioustrash.blogspot.com/2013/09/golden-gate-caper.html Writing filmography: • And So Good Night • Hallmark Hall Of Fame (1954) • Science Fiction Theater (1955) • Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal (1956) • Hot Rod Rumble (1957) • As Young as We Are (1958) • World Of Giants (1958 and 1959) • Bonanza (1959 and 1963) • The Detectives - Starring Robert Taylor (1959) • Men into Space (1959) • Lock-Up (1959)(1959 and 1960) • The Larger Coffin • Adventures in Paradise (1959) • Space (1959) W. Sobko 2 of 12 04/03/14 Westchester High School Teacher Mr. Meyer Dolinsky • The Du Pont Show With June Allyson (1960) • Ben Casey (1961) • Laramie (1961) • The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1961) • Point • Premiere • Stoney Burke (1962) • The Outer Limits (1963) - Using his name Meyer Dolinsky, he wrote three episodes: • The Architects of Fear, Season 1, Episode 3 (30 Sept. 1963), starring Robert Culp, Leonard Stone, and Geraldine Brooks, about scientists and the Cold War • O.B.I.T., Season 1, Episode 7 (4 Nov. 1963), starring Peter Breck, Jeff Corey, Joanne Gilbert, Alan Baxter and Harry Townes, about a technology that can track anyone, anywhere, any time • ZZZZZ, Season 1, Episode 18 (27 Jan. 1964), starring Philip Abbott, Marsha Hunt, and Joanna Frank, about Queen bees • The Farmer's Daughter (1963) • Breaking Point (1963) • Hand-Off To Gunga-Din – TV Pilot (1963) • The Greatest Show On Earth (1963) • Solo (1964) • Wagon Train (1964) • Twelve O'clock High (1964) • Amos Burke-Secret Agent (1965) • Dr. Kildare (1965) • Daktari (1965) • NBC Matinee Theater • Star Trek (1966) • The Time Tunnel • Mission: Impossible (1966 and 1968) • The Man Who Never Was (1966) • The Invaders (1967) • Judd for the Defense (1967) • Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom (1967 and 1968) • Hawaii Five-O (1968) • Then Came Bronson (1969) • The Committee (1969) • The Tourist Spies • Storefront Lawyers (1970) • Cannon (1971) • The Manhunter (1972) • The Mod Squad (1972) W. Sobko 3 of 12 04/03/14 Westchester High School Teacher Mr. Meyer Dolinsky • Paprikas Affair • A Pound Of Nails • Barnaby Jones (1973) • Heck Ramsey (1973) • Harry-O (1974) • The Family Kovack (1974) • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974) • The Man From Atlantis (1976) • SST: Death Flight (1977) • The Fifth Floor (1978) • Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979) • Cagney And Lacey (1982) • M.A.S.H. (1982) Newspaper Articles: Torrance Herald, February 20, 1958 Dolinsky to Discuss Work For Writers Mike Dolinsky, Los Angeles writer for television, motion pictures and radio, will be guest speaker at the February meeting of Southwest Manuscripters at 8 p.m., Friday, at Clark Stadium, 881 Valley Dr., Hermosa Beach. Dolinsky's talk will feature writing for films and television. His credits Include manuscripts for television's "Science Fiction Theater," "Matinee Theater," "Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal" and "Hallmark Hall of Fame." He is currently completing a Paramount film, and is author of "Hotrod Rumble," both a motion picture and paperback book. He has also written 20 scripts for radio's "The Whistler" and several for the "Escape" series. Catherine Fltz Bolton, program chairman, will present Dolinsky. Southwest Manuscrlpters is open to both beginning and established writers, according to Ray Banks, president. Florence Hanche, secretary, can supply further Information. Torrance Herald, March 2, 1958 Psychological Aspects of Fiction is Topic of Talk "Some Aspects of Psychology Behind Fiction" were dealt with by Mike Dolinsky, Los Angeles writer and teacher, in a forum discussion featuring the February meeting of South-Bay W. Sobko 4 of 12 04/03/14 Westchester High School Teacher Mr. Meyer Dolinsky Manuscripters, Friday, at Clark Stadium, Hermosa Beach. Dolinsky, a prolific writer for television, motion pictures, and radio and a teacher of English and writing at Westchester High School, posed the question, "What makes fiction so interesting to everyone, so that the best of these yarns, collected through the ages, become 'literature'?" Conclusions Given, His conclusions brought out three factors common not only I to literature but to successful vehicles in such mediums as television and motion pictures: '(1) "skirting a taboo," that is, touching on a topic considered daring at the time of writing; (2) strong conflict, and (3) an almost insane obsession, which he called "the unstopable," characterizing the protagonist. This last, Dolinsky said, "must be nothing mundane. It is usually idealistic." Dolinsky's television credits include manuscripts for "Science Fiction Theater." "Matinee Theater," "Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal" and "Hallmark of Fame." He has written numerous scripts for radio's "The Whistler" and "Escape" series. He is the writer of the Paramount film, "Too Young for Love," now in production, and "Hotrod Rumble," which was also a paperback book. Catherine Fitz Bolton, program chairman, presented the speaker. Member* reporting sales were Polly Booth, author of two short stories: "Two Weeks With Space," to appear in the May issue of Dig Magazine, and "I've Got Your Wave Length." in the March issue of Fantastic Universe. Ralph School, technical writer, sold an article titled "Carburetor Icing" to-Fowler Aeronautical Service, to be published in April. Website Articles: From Gary Westfahl's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film Meyer Dolinsky (1923–1984). American writer. As is often the case with writers — those absolutely essential but criminally neglected architects of film—there seems to be almost no biographical information available on Meyer Dolinsky, forcing the biographical encyclopedist to speculate and invent, based on the scraps of data available, hoping that some Internet-savvy relative will be inspired to step forward and provide him with some actual facts. Granted, based on his accomplishments, one might argue that he doesn't really merit such attention, but true science fiction fans remember everyone and everything, sometimes with unexpected rewards. We learn from an obituary of his younger sister, Annette Dolinsky Baran, that his father was a Jewish house painter in Chicago, and based on his date of birth, one can assume that the young Dolinsky was drafted to fight for his country in World War II. However, he probably did not enJoy the experience, since he never wrote any war stories, and pacifist sentiments sometimes surface in his stories. After the war, we find this native Chicagoan in the Los Angeles area, perhaps having moved there with his family (since he and his sister both W. Sobko 5 of 12 04/03/14 Westchester High School Teacher Mr. Meyer Dolinsky attended UCLA), though perhaps he relocated by himself to pursue a career as a writer. Dogged investigation shows that Dolinsky was writing scripts for the radio series The Whistler as early as February, 1947; still, as if realizing that such work could not guarantee him a steady income, this cautious young man also took advantage of the GI Bill to obtain a college degree from UCLA in 1949 and a secondary teaching credential from USC in 1950, so that he could always support himself as a high school teacher if all else failed. Interestingly, a recent message from a former student confirms that Dolinsky did work as a high school English teacher in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, impressing her with his passion and sense of humor and encouraging his students to listen to episodes of another radio series he scripted, The Green Hornet. She also suggests that he may have lost his teaching Job after being identified as a Communist during the McCarthy hearings: does a youthful flirtation with leftist politics explain why he had trouble getting steady work until the late 1950s? In any event, his tenure as a teacher may have been brief, but it surely informed his successful work for the television series Mr. Novak (1963-1965), featuring an idealistic high school English teacher that Dolinsky undoubtedly identified with.