Pat Fielder (born Patricia Penny) was an American screenwriter known for penning cult B monster movies like The Return of Dracula in the 1950s.[1] For TV, she worked on everything from Baretta to The Rifleman to Starsky & Hutch.[2]

Biography

Pat was born in Pasadena, California, to Patrick Penny and Mary Lloyd. She attended John Marshall High and later UCLA, where she studied theatre arts; after graduation, she worked as a teacher before landing a job at Gramercy Pictures.[3] After initially serving as a production assistant, she was eventually given the chance to write scripts, starting with The Vampire and The Monster that Challenged the World.[3][2]

Selected filmography

• Goliath Awaits (1981) (TV movie)
• Baretta (1977–1978) (TV series)
• Geronimo (1962)
• The Rifleman (1959–1962) (TV series)
• The Return of Dracula (1958)
• The Flame Barrier (1958)
• The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
• The Vampire (1957)

References