Lee Falk (American cartoonist, writer and theater director)
- Leon Harrison Gross
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- Falk, Lee
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1911-04-28
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Date of death
- 1999-03-13
- Place of death
- New York
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Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day. Falk also wrote short stories, and he contributed to a series of paperback novels about The Phantom.
A playwright and theatrical director/producer, Falk directed actors such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Chico Marx and Ethel Waters.
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- 2021-07-02