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Had co-written an early screenplay of L'uomo dalla cravatta di cuoio (1968) with Herman Miller.

In his book "Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed", writer Harlan Ellison referred to Laird as a thug.

He wrote freelance television scripts under many pseudonyms for several television shows, such as, Ben Casey (1961), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Il fuggiasco (1963), Selvaggio west (1965), and Dottor Simon Locke (1971), among others.

He was considered by producer Robert H. Justman to hire as a staff writer and producer for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

He had written scripts that were never produced for television shows such as The Veil (1958), I ragazzi del computer (1983), A Man Called Shenandoah (1965), and Have Gun - Will Travel (1957).

Was known to give career breaks to either new or already established talent, such as Sydney Pollack, Mark Rydell, John Badham, Steven Spielberg, Jeannot Szwarc, Gil Mellé, Herbert Wright, Jerrold Freedman, Jeff Corey, Gene R. Kearney, Laurie Prange, Clint Howard, Leonard Nimoy, Werner Klemperer, Diane Keaton, and Lindsay Wagner, among others.

He had uncredited roles in movies, such as The Circus Clown (1934), Il sig. Belvedere va in collegio (1949), Spada nel deserto (1949), Francis il mulo parlante (1950), Butterfly americana (1951), and Journey Into Light (1951).

His television appearances includes shows, such as Rebound (1952), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), Fireside Theatre (1949), Ben Casey (1961), Ironside (1967), and Mistero in galleria (1969).

He studied play-writing under John Gassner.

Was originally cast in the role of Jackson Jones in Jackson and Jill (1949).

During World War II, Laird had served in the Ninth Air Force, and with the First Allied Airborne.

While a student at Pasadena Junior College, he had formed his own dance band, "Aris Laird and his ARIStocrats of Swing", the group was made up of players who would later joined the likes of Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Les Brown.

At the time of his death, Laird was reportedly working on a television series based on stories by writer Robert Ludlum.

According to John Meredyth Lucas, Laird had moonlighted on scripts during his tenure as producer on Ben Casey (1961).

From 1946 to 1949, Laird had studied at the dramatic workshop at the New York School for Social Research under Erwin Piscator.

Often wrote television scripts with writer/producer Wilton Schiller.

According to the 1984 edition of Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Laird had worked as a writer on Febbre sulla città (1965), and as a producer on Crime Club (1975).

Step-Father To Actors Michael Laird, Journey Laird, and Kurtis Laird.

Was once engaged to actress Joanna Lee.