Facts: - death date: september 29 , 2004 - birth date: september 26 , 1924 - name: shimon wincelberg - birth place: kiel , germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of shimon wincelberg .
shimon wincelberg -lrb- september 26 , 1924 -- september 29 , 2004 -rrb- was an american television writer and broadway playwright .born in kiel , germany , he wrote for many television shows from the 1950s , sometimes under the pen names of s. bar-david , shimon bar-david , simon wincelberg , and simon winvelberg his credits include episodes of '' naked city '' , '' mannix '' , '' the time tunnel '' , '' police woman '' , '' '' -lrb- '' dagger of the mind '' and '' the galileo seven '' -rrb- , '' gunsmoke '' , '' have gun -- will travel '' , '' lost in space '' , and '' the paper chase '' .he also wrote in the 1990s for '' law & order '' .he also wrote the 1959 broadway play '' kataki '' starring sessue hayakawa and ben piazza .