[2] He served in the Marines during World War II, landing on Iwo Jima.
He then worked as a journalist in Jackson, Michigan[2] Lenski began his screenwriting career in 1972, writing an episode for the police procedural television series Longstreet.
His credits for television series included The Streets of San Francisco, Mannix, Planet of the Apes, Cannon, The Dain Curse, Barnaby Jones, The F.B.I., The New Perry Mason and Kojak.
[1][2][3] He also wrote for television films, including After the Promise, Decoration Day, Saint Maybe,[4] Breathing Lessons and What the Deaf Man Heard.
[1][6] Lenski died in June 2002 of cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.