death_date death_place children birth_place name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
12 november 2003 lyme , connecticut , united states george w. cook iv montclair , new jersey , united states whitfield cook 9 april 1909 elizabeth heiskell cook whitfield cook
 george whitfield cook iii writer
whitfield cook

george whitfield cook iii -lrb- april 9 , 1909 -- november 12 , 2003 -rrb- was an american writer of screenplays , stage plays , short stories and novels , best known for his contributions to two alfred hitchcock films , `` stage fright '' and `` strangers on a train '' .
he also wrote scripts for several tv series , including `` suspense '' , `` climax ! ''
and `` playhouse 90 '' .
