Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1912, Nov. 25 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1930 | Graduate, Morris High School, Bronx, N.Y. |
| 1934 | L.L.B, Bachelor of Laws, New York University Law School, New York, N.Y. |
| 1935 | Admitted to the New York bar; during a short legal career, specialized in employment law and collective bargaining negotiations representing employers. |
| 1939 | Writer, first television drama series, False Witness |
| 1940s | Wrote primarily for radio, including Radio Reader's Digest |
| 1942 | Married Edith Rose Heckman (died 2005) |
| 1947-1957 | Writer of all scripts for radio series Greatest Story Ever Told; continued to be involved with various television and film versions of Greatest Story Ever Told |
| 1949 | PublishedI'll Be Right Home, Ma, the first of thirty-four novels, seventeen of which were included in Reader's Digest Condensed Books. |
| 1956 | Broadway production of Denker's play Time Limit!, the first of seven plays produced on Broadway; produced as a film in 1957 |
| 1958 | Wrote teleplay Material Witness for "Kraft Theater" starring Milton Berle in dramatic role |
| 1961 | Playwright, A Far Country, about Sigmund Freud, produced on Broadway |
| 1963 | Playwright, A Case of Libel produced on Broadway and based on memoir by Louis Nizer; later produced as a television movie in1968 |
| 1979 | Published novel Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, adapted to a stage play in 1980 |
| 1982 | Published novel Outrage!, adapted to a stage play in 1982 and a television movie in 1986 |
| 2002 | Published novel Cla$$ Action |
| 2012, May 15 | Died, New York, N.Y. |