Lee Falk
Cartoonist, Comic Strip Creator
1911 – 1999
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Who was Lee Falk?
Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American writer, theater director and producer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strips The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician. 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 pulp 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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- Born
- Apr 28, 1911
St. Louis - Also known as
- Lee Harrison Gross
- Leon Harrison Gross
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Elizabeth Moxley
(1977 - 1999/03/13) - Louise Kanaseriff
- Constance Moorehead Lilienthal
- Elizabeth Moxley
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Lived in
- St. Louis
- Died
- Mar 13, 1999
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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