- Father-in-law of Eric Roberts.
- Noted for his frequent collaborations with Robert Redford and Sidney Pollack.
- He excelled at doctoring scripts, filling in dialogue and fleshing out the background of the characters. Much of his work was uncredited.
- Because there wasn't enough money to pay him off for his additional writing on their first film together, The Slender Thread (1965), Sydney Pollack compensated Rayfiel with a new electric typewriter.
- His father, Leo F. Rayfiel, was a Democratic congressman and New York state district court judge.
- Studies at Brooklyn College interrupted by wartime army service in Europe during World War II. Graduated with a BA in 1947, then studied playwriting at Yale, earning a Masters Degree in 1950.
- Former stepfather of Daniel Allentuck and Katherine Allentuck.
- Father of Eliza Roberts.
- Former father-in-law of James Simons.
- Grandfather of Morgan Simons and Keaton Simons.
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