War correspondent, actor, press agent, stage manager, TV
writer/producer, playwright, and finally novelist. Born in 1918, he was
married from 1953-1961 to 5-time Tony-nominated actress
Marian Seldes, who appeared in 2 of the
best episodes of the most notable TV series he produced,
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957).
Claman wrote the novels "Aging Boy" (1964, cited in 2007 by
Oscar-winning screenwriter/Pulitzer-winning author
Larry McMurtry as a great lost novel),
and "The Malediction" (1969). His first play, "A Quiet Place" starred
Tyrone Power, was directed by
Delbert Mann, with music by
Leonard Bernstein. Claman wrote for
the
Mister Peepers (1952) TV
series. Seldes and Claman's daughter, Katharine Claman (named after
Broadway actress/producer
Katharine Cornell), is a writer.
Julian Claman died in 1969, age 50.