Gene Levitt

Creator Context

Summary

American television writer, producer, and director born in 1920 who created the original Fantasy Island series that ran from 1977 to 1984. A former Chicago newspaper reporter and World War II U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served as a bomb disposal expert in the South Pacific, his extensive credits include writing and producing on classic series such as Combat!, Maverick, Adventures in Paradise, and Hawaii Five-O. No public record exists of political activism, social justice involvement, or identity-driven creative work across his career.