Arch Oboler

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Arch Oboler December 7 1907March 19 1987 was an American playwright screenwriter novelist producer and director who was active in radio films theater and television He generated much attention with his radio scripts particularly the horror series Lights Out and his work in radio remains the outstanding period of his career Praised as one of broadcastings top talents he is regarded today as a key innovator of radio drama Radio historian John Dunning wrote Few people were ambivalent when it came to Arch Oboler He was one of those intense personalities who are liked and disliked with equal fire Oboler was born in Chicago Illinois to Leon Oboler and Clara Oboler Jewish immigrants from Riga Latvia He was brothers with Eli M Oboler Arch Oboler briefly attended the University of Chicago prior to dropping out to pursue a fulltime writing career Description above from the Wikipedia article Arch Oboler licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia