Max Hodge
Max Hodge (February 12, 1916 – August 17, 2007)
Hodge grew up in
His writing career spanned the 1960s through the early 1980s, with Hodge writing for in addition to the aforementioned ChiPS, Mission: Impossible, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. and Batman. He also served as an associate producer on The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.
Hodge is credited for creating Mr. Freeze for the Batman show, having taken the existing Batman comic character Mr. Zero which was created by Bob Kane and modifying elements to him. Mr. Zero first appeared in Batman #121 in February 1959, but Hodge took the character and introduced the trademark ice suit which he needed to survive, first appearing in the Deep Freeze episode.[3] Mr. Freeze is addressed once as "Dr. Shimel" by Batman in the episode. In the comics, Freeze's other identity became "Art Shivel" (apparently a mishearing of how he was addressed on "Batman"). His name in the comics was later changed to Victor Fries.[2]
Hodge died August 17, 2007, in Woodland Hills, California. He was 91 years old.[2] Most of his works, scripts, and related supplemental material(including his script for "Mr.Freeze") were donated to his alma mater and can be found in the Donald Hall Collection of University of Michigan.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Screenplay By (Uncredited) | Television Movie |
| 1973 | A Dream For Christmas | Screenplay By | Television Movie |
Television
| Year | TV Series | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Writer | 3 Episodes |
| Valentine's Day | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1966 | Batman | Writer | 4 Episodes |
| 1966-67 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Writer, Associate Producer | 29 Episodes |
| 1967 | Hondo | Writer | 1 Episode |
| 1968 | Mission Impossible | Writer | 1 Episode |
| The Wild Wild West | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1969-76 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Writer | 4 Episodes |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Writer | 1 Episode |
| Medical Center | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1971 | Mannix | Writer | 1 Episode |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1971-72 | Ironside | Writer | 5 Episodes |
| 1972 | The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan | Writer | 9 Episodes |
| 1974 | Apple's Way | Writer, Story Editor | 2 Episodes |
| Cannon | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| Maude | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | Writer | 1 Episode |
| Caribe | Writer | 1 Episode | |
| 1975-76 | The Waltons | Writer | 2 Episodes |
| 1976-78 | Police Woman | Writer | 3 Episodes |
| 1978 | Quincy, M.E. | Writer | 1 Episode |
| 1978-80 | CHiPs | Writer | 2 Episodes |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Writer | 1 Episode |
| 1980 | Eight Is Enough | Writer | 1 Episode |
| 1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Writer | 1 Episode |
References
- ^ MAX HODGE (1916-2007), Social Security Death Index
- ^ a b c d Variety Staff (2007-08-22). "Max Hodge, 91, TV writer". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ a b Melrose, Kevin (2007-08-21). "Max Hodge, TV writer who 'created' Mr. Freeze, dies". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
External links
- Max Hodge at IMDb
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