Max Hodge (February 12, 1916 – August 17, 2007) was an American television writer who worked on shows including The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., CHiPS and Mission: Impossible, and is perhaps best known for creating Mr. Freeze for Batman. Hodge grew up in East Moline, Illinois and Michigan, later graduating from the University of Michigan then enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He then attended and began his television career in the 1950s as a producer working on industrial shows for Oldsmobile. Hodge died August 17, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California. He was 91 years old.