Art Wallace was an American television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.
Over the years, Wallace wrote for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Combat!, Star Trek, and many other shows.
The teleplay on which Dark Shadows was based was called "The House" and was an episode of the anthology series Goodyear Playhouse in 1957.
In 1966, working with Dan Curtis he wrote the bible and first eight weeks' worth of early episodes of Dark Shadows.
Art Wallace was also the author of "Toby" which was used as reading material in elementary schools throughout the seventies and eighties, and less frequently up to today.