Don Mankiewicz Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the U․S․ Army as a military intelligence officer in France, Belgium and Germany
• Won the Writers Guild of America's Morgan Cox Award in 2008 for his services to the guild
• Graduated from Columbia University in 1942 and briefly attended law school before joining the Army
• His father, Herman J․ Mankiewicz, was the screenwriter who created the classic film "Citizen Kane," and his uncle, Joseph L․ Mankiewicz, directed "All About Eve․"
• Frank Mankiewicz, his brother, was an aide to Robert F․ Kennedy and became the head of National Public Radio
• Began his career in the entertainment industry as a writer for the drama series "Playhouse 90" and was later assigned to an adaptation of F․ Scott Fitzgerald's "The Last Tycoon․"
• Started out as a staff writer for the New Yorker and published the novel "Trial" in 1954
• Best known as the creator of "Ironside" and "Marcus Welby, M․D․"