Researching Arthur Weiss
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 159 people with the Weiss surname? In that year Weiss was ranked number 3420 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Arthur means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Arthur Weiss on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arthur Weiss and the Weiss Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Weiss Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Weiss family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 54688 people with the Weiss surname in the USA? Weiss is ranked number 139 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Arthur Weiss
Arthur Weiss
Arthur Weiss (13 June 1912 – 26 August 1980) was an American script writer for two decades on action/adventure TV shows like Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Fugitive, Super Friends, The Time Tunnel and Sea Hunt. His most famous creation was the script for the movie Flipper in 1963, which became a TV series and was remade as a movie in 1996. He also worked alongside Irwin Allen as a writer and producer for "disaster" TV films including Flood! and Fire!.
In 1969 Weiss published the novel O'Kelly's Eclipse about the undefeated British racehorse Eclipse.
Weiss married actress Fay Baker on 3 August 1940. He divorced in 1965 and later married Patricia Jones.
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