# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-slesar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:17:05.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-slesar"
name: "Henry Slesar"
slug: "henry-slesar"
description: "Henry Slesar was an American author and playwright. He is famous for his use of irony and twist endings. After reading Slesar's \"M Is for the Many\" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation and they began many successful collaborations. Slesar wrote hundreds of scripts for television series and soap operas, leading TV Guide to call him \"the writer with the largest audience in America.\""
tagline: "American author, playwright, and copywriter (1927-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SF-Magazine-1963-August-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-06-12"
deathDate: "2002-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57624533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805748/"
    handle:    "nm0805748"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "هنري سلسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هنرى سلسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هنری سلسار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Slesar"
    title: "Henry Slesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Slesar"
    title: "Henry Slesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Slesar"
    title: "Henry Slesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヘンリー・スレッサー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Слезар, Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჰენრი სლეზარი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Slesar"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb3de262-75c6-41f5-829f-3bc17c086e73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214563"
    title: "Henry Slesar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump