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Ward Greene (December 23, 1892, January 22, 1956) was an American writer, editor, journalist, playwright, and general manager of the comic syndicate King Features Syndicate. He is known for overseeing the works of Alex Raymond and other writers and artists at King Features Syndicate, as well as writing Raymond's Rip Kirby comic strip from 1946 until his death. Greene wrote the magazine story "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog" for Cosmopolitan in February 1945, and this story was the basis for the 1955 Walt Disney film Lady and the Tramp.