Pat Fielder

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]

Pat Fielder
Born	Patricia Marie Penny April 16, 1929 Pasadena, California, USA
Died	November 8, 2018 (aged 89) California, USA
Education	UCLA
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, TV writer, producer
Spouse	Lawrence Fielder (div.)

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

1. Craig, Rob (2013-09-19). It Came from 1957: A Critical Guide to the Year's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7777-7.
2. Weaver, Tom (2009-12-11). I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews with 23 Veterans of Horror and Sci-Fi Films and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5268-2.
3. Norman, Ann (21 Jun 1957). "Brainy Beauty Satisfies Yearning to Be a Writer". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-01-18.