Arthur Weiss (13 June 1912 – 26 August 1980) was an American script writer for two decades on action/adventure TV shows like ,
Mannix,
The Fugitive,
Super Friends,
The Time Tunnel and
Sea Hunt. His most famous creation was the script for the movie
Flipper in 1963, which became a TV series and was remade as a movie in 1996. He also worked alongside
Irwin Allen as a writer and producer for "disaster" TV films including
Flood! and
Fire!.