Editing Ira Levin (section)

===Scriptwriting===
As a student at New York University, Levin entered a contest for scriptwriting sponsored by CBS.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=Ira Levin; Wrote 'Rosemary's Baby' |work=Washington Post |date=14 Nov 2007}}</ref> His script was the basis for "The Old Woman," an episode of the TV series''The Clock'' (Dec. 1, 1950). After college, Levin wrote training films and other scripts for radio and television. 

Levin's first produced play was ''[[No Time for Sergeants]]'' (adapted from the 1954 [[Mac Hyman]] novel), a comedy about a [[hillbilly]] drafted into the [[United States Air Force]]. It opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1955 and starred [[Andy Griffith]], whose career it jumpstarted. The play was adapted as a [[No Time for Sergeants (1958 film)|movie of the same name]], released in 1958, with Griffith reprising his role and co-starring [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]]. Later the concept was developed as a 1964 television comedy series starring [[Sammy Jackson]]. ''No Time for Sergeants'' is generally considered the precursor to ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''.<ref>Hugh Ruppersburg, ''The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature'', p. 220 (University of Georgia Press, 2007). {{ISBN|978-0-8203-2876-8}}</ref>

Levin's best-known play is ''[[Deathtrap (play)|Deathtrap]]'' (1978), which holds the record as the longest-running comedy thriller on Broadway. Levin won his second [[Edgar Award]] with this play.<ref name=longest-running/> In 1982, it was adapted into a [[Deathtrap (film)|film of the same name]], starring [[Christopher Reeve]] and [[Michael Caine]].<ref name="OBIT"/>