Milt Rosen
screenwriter
Milt Rosen (August 1922 – August 11, 2000) was an American television writer and author. Known for his one-liners, he wrote for actors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Biography
Rosen was born August 1922, in Poland, and moved to New York City as a toddler. He attended the City College of New York, then the postgraduate writing program of the University of Iowa. He served in World War II as a navigator for the Eighth Air Force in the Western Front. He was awarded five Air Medals. After the war, he lived in the Bronx and taught English at a middle school. He wrote comedy routines between classes. He moved to California in 1958 and became a full-time comedy writer. He went on to also write dramas.
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