Pat Fielder

Pat Fielder (born Patricia Penny) was an American screenwriter known for penning cult B monster movies like The Return of Dracula in the 1950s. For TV, she worked on everything from Baretta to The Rifleman to Starsky & Hutch.

Biography
Pat was born in Pasadena, California, to Patrick Penny and Mary Lloyd. She attended John Marshall High and later UCLA, where she studied theatre arts; after graduation, she worked as a teacher before landing a job at Gramercy Pictures. After initially serving as a production assistant, she was eventually given the chance to write scripts, starting with The Vampire and The Monster that Challenged the World.

Selected filmography

 * Goliath Awaits (1981) (TV movie)
 * Baretta (1977–1978) (TV series)
 * Geronimo (1962)
 * The Rifleman (1959–1962) (TV series)
 * The Return of Dracula (1958)
 * The Flame Barrier (1958)
 * The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
 * The Vampire (1957)