Philip Saltzman was born on September 19, 1928 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and writer, known for Barnaby Jones (1973), The Fugitive (1963) and A Man Called Sloane (1979). He was married to Caroline. He died on August 14, 2009 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
He received bachelor's and master's degrees in English from UCLA.
Began writing for TV in the late 1950s.
Born to Russian immigrants in Mexico, he moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child.
He died in his sleep from complications from advanced form of dementia, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.