University of Wyoming
Ray Allen Saffian (aka R.S. Allen and Ray Allen) was a radio writer, television writer, and television producer. During the 1940s and 1950s, he was a writer for several popular radio shows, including "Suspense", "It Pays to be Ignorant", and "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts". Saffian moved into television writing in the 1950s and worked on a number of well known television shows from the 1950s to the 1970s, including "The Robert Q. Lewis Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and "Gomer Pyle USMC". During the late 1960s and 1970s, he served as producer of several popular television series, including "Love American Style", "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home", and "The Red Hand Gang". Ray Allen Saffian passed away on October 16, 1981.
Collection concerns Ray Allen Saffian's career as a radio writer, television writer, and television producer. Collection consists mostly of drafts and final copies of radio and television shows Saffian wrote for and produced, including "Suspense", "The Robert Q. Lewis Show" and "Love American Style". The collection also holds subject files, organized by show, which contain correspondence, clippings, scripts, and production budgets. There are also miscellaneous humor periodicals and binders of notes for "The Robert Q. Lewis Show". Collections also contains photographs, drawings, a motion picture, and a video tape.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Collection to be used for research purposes only.
There are no known other archival collections created by Ray Allen Saffian at the date of processing.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.