Spoiler : Born in Detroit, Michigan; died 8/7/2000 at age 86 in a hospital at Nyack, New York, from complications following chemotherapy. Ettinger graduated from Stanford University. While still a 21 year old undergraduate, he was hired by 20th Century Fox in Hollyood as a writer. Writer for movies including Life Begins At College (1937); Sunnybrook Farm (1938); The Great American Broadcast (1941); Guilty Bystander (1950). Ettinger served in the Army Signal Corp during WWII, stationed in Astoria, Queens, where he produced Army training films. Writer for The FBI In Peace And War on CBS-Radio (1945?- ?).

Spoiler : Writer for television including episodes of Kraft Television Theater on NBC and ABC (1947-1955); Studio One on CBS (1948-1958); Mama on CBS (1949-1957). Writer for television soaps including Love Of Life on CBS (1951-?); The Secret Storm on CBS (1954-?).