- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrederick Whitney Ellsworth
- Nickname
- Whit
- Whitney Ellsworth was born on November 27, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Adventures of Superman (1952), Congo Bill (1948) and Superman and the Mole-Men (1951). He died on September 8, 1980 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Jim Beaver, biographer of George Reeves, star of Adventures of Superman (1952), which was produced by Ellsworth, was himself an actor on the television series Deadwood (2004). He played a character named Ellsworth, and when it became necessary for that character to have a first name, he received permission from producer David Milch for the character to be named Whitney Ellsworth, in honor of the "Superman" producer.
- He was the editorial director of DC Comics, the company that owned the rights to Superman.
- Ellsworth's wife Jane Dewey founded the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation in 1952. Her daughter from a previous marriage suffered from the disease. The Jane Dewey Ellsworth Humanitarian Award is given in Ellsworth's wife's honor annually.
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