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| Born | Robert Maxwell Joffe (1908-01-31)January 31, 1908 |
| Died | February 3, 1971(1971-02-03) (aged 63) |
| Other names | Robert Joffe Maxwell Robert J. Maxwell Robert Maxwell Bob Maxwell Richard Fielding Claire Kennedy |
| Occupation(s) | Radio and television producer, screenwriter |
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Robert Maxwell Joffe (January 31, 1908 – February 3, 1971) was an American radio andtelevision producer,screenwriter, and entertainment executive. He was one of the producers (and a writer and director) ofThe Adventures of Superman radio show and a producer of several TV series, including the early episodes of bothAdventures of Superman (1951–1954) andLassie (1954–1957; executive producer 1957-1958). Maxwell acquired the rights toLassie in 1953 for $2,000 and sold the popular television program starring the collie toJack Wrather in 1956 for a reported $3.5 million.[1]
He also was the producer ofCreeps by Night (1944) on theBlue Network.[2]
He also wrote episodes of theSuperman radio and TV series as Richard Fielding (a pseudonym that he shared with fellow producersWhitney Ellsworth and Maxwell's then wife, Jessica Fielding Maxwell).
Many early episodes ofLassie, as well as episodes ofNational Velvet, were written by Robert Maxwell under the pseudonym Claire Kennedy.[3][4][5]
At the time of his death in Toronto, Canada, he was married to Barbara Maxwell and had two sons.[1]
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