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Did Paddy have a television career?
He moved into television with scripts for Danger, The Gulf Playhouse and Manhunt.
what roles did he play?
Chayefsky's first script to be telecast was a 1949 adaptation of Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run?
for Philco.
Did he do any other ones?
Since he had always wanted to use a synagogue as backdrop, he wrote Holiday Song, telecast in 1952 and also in 1954.
He submitted more work to Philco.
What significant fact that you found interesting in this article?
In 1953, Chayefsky wrote Marty, which was premiered on The Philco Television Playhouse.

Question: How did Marty do with the public?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Paddy Chayefsky's Marty do with the public?