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"Simon & Simon" (1981): Season 3: Episode 3 -- A blind woman hires A.J. and Rick after she witnesses a murder.
"Simon & Simon" (1981): Season 2: Episode 15 -- Nobody believes A.J. when he thinks he witnessed a murder while on vacation.
"Simon & Simon" (1981): Season 2: Episode 5 -- A.J.'s robbed of the $450,000 in diamonds he's carrying for a client.
"Team Knight Rider" (1997): Season 1: Episode 20 -- Team Knight Rider must stop the Reverend Ransom from using his seismic weapon to destroy Las Vegas.
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Overview

Date of Birth:
17 June 1943, USA more
Date of Death:
2 June 2008 more
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Actor
Producer:
  1. "Sliders" (executive producer) (18 episodes, 1999-2000)
        - To Catch a Slider (2000) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Seer (2000) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Eye of the Storm (2000) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Dust (2000) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Heavy Metal (1999) TV episode (executive producer)
          (13 more)
  2. "18 Wheels of Justice" (2000) TV series (consulting producer) (unknown episodes)

  3. "Legend" (1995) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
  4. "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" (1991) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
  5. "E.A.R.T.H. Force" (1990) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)

  6. "Disneyland" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1989)
    ... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
        - The Absent-Minded Professor Trading Places (1989) TV episode (executive producer)
  7. The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) (TV) (executive producer)
  8. "CBS Summer Playhouse" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1988)
        - Tickets, Please (1988) TV episode (executive producer)
  9. "Simon & Simon" (supervising producer) (24 episodes, 1985-1986) (producer) (22 episodes, 1984-1985)
        - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree (1986) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - The Last Harangue (1986) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - Act Five (1986) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1986) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - Eye of the Beholder (1986) TV episode (supervising producer)
          (41 more)
  10. "Code Name: Foxfire" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1985)
        - Slay It Again, Sam (1985) TV episode (executive producer)
  11. "Legmen" (1984) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
  12. "Harper Valley P.T.A." (executive producer) (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
    ... aka Harper Valley (USA: new title)
        - Harper Valley Sentinel (1982) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Make Room for Uncle Buster (1981) TV episode (executive producer)
  13. "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" (producer) (8 episodes, 1980-1981)
    ... aka Lobo (USA: new title)
        - The French Follies Caper (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Another Day, Another Bomb (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Sex and the Single Cop (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Airsick - 1981 (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Macho Man (1981) TV episode (producer)
          (3 more)
  14. "WKRP in Cincinnati" (producer) (1 episode, 1979-1980)
        - Put Up or Shut Up (1980) TV episode (producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Simon & Simon" (creative consultant) (34 episodes, 1982-1984)
        - The Disappearance of Harry the Hat (1984) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Corpus Delecti (1984) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - The Dillinger Print (1984) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Harm's Way (1984) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Under the Knife (1984) TV episode (creative consultant)
          (29 more)

  2. "WKRP in Cincinnati" (story editor) (3 episodes, 1978-1979) (creative consultant) (2 episodes, 1978)
        - Preacher (1979) TV episode (story editor)
        - Turkeys Away (1978) TV episode (story editor)
        - Hoodlum Rock (1978) TV episode (story editor)
        - Pilot: Part 2 (1978) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Pilot: Part 1 (1978) TV episode (creative consultant)
Writer:
  1. "Sliders" (3 episodes, 1999-2000)
        - To Catch a Slider (2000) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Dust (2000) TV episode (teleplay)
        - The Unstuck Man (1999) TV episode (teleplay)
  2. "18 Wheels of Justice" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)

  3. "Team Knight Rider" (1 episode, 1998)
        - Apocalypse Maybe (1998) TV episode (writer)
  4. "Legend" (1995) TV series (unknown episodes)
  5. "Star Trek: Voyager" (1 episode, 1995)
    ... aka Voyager (USA: short title)
        - Eye of the Needle (1995) TV episode (teleplay)
  6. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (2 episodes, 1994)
    ... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
    ... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
        - Tribunal (1994) TV episode (written by)
        - The Alternate (1994) TV episode (story) (teleplay)
  7. "Time Trax" (1993) TV series (unknown episodes)
  8. "Evening Shade" (1 episode, 1991)
        - Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack (1991) TV episode (written by)
  9. "E.A.R.T.H. Force" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)

  10. "Disneyland" (1 episode, 1989)
    ... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
        - The Absent-Minded Professor Trading Places (1989) TV episode (writer)
  11. The Elite (1989) (written by)
  12. The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) (TV) (writer)
  13. "Simon & Simon" (7 episodes, 1982-1987)
        - I Thought the War Was Over (1987) TV episode (teleplay) (story)
        - For the People (1986) TV episode (story)
        - Quint Is Out (1985) TV episode (writer)
        - Simon Without Simon: Part 1 (1985) TV episode (writer)
        - I Heard It Was Murder (1983) TV episode (teleplay)
          (2 more)
  14. "Code Name: Foxfire" (1 episode, 1985)
        - Slay It Again, Sam (1985) TV episode (creator) (story) (teleplay)
  15. "Legmen" (1984) TV series (unknown episodes)
  16. "Harper Valley P.T.A." (1 episode, 1981)
    ... aka Harper Valley (USA: new title)
        - Make Room for Uncle Buster (1981) TV episode (written by)
  17. "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" (2 episodes, 1981)
    ... aka Lobo (USA: new title)
        - The French Follies Caper (1981) TV episode (teleplay)
        - The Fastest Women Around (1981) TV episode (teleplay)

  18. "WKRP in Cincinnati" (5 episodes, 1978-1979)
        - Baby, If You've Ever Wondered (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - Preacher (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - Never Leave Me, Lucille (1979) TV episode (written by)
        - Love Returns (1978) TV episode (written by)
        - Turkeys Away (1978) TV episode (written by)
Actor:
  1. "WKRP in Cincinnati" .... Bucky Dornster (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
        - Baseball (1979) TV episode .... Bucky Dornster
        - Hold Up (1978) TV episode .... Bucky Dornster
  2. The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977) .... George Atzerodt

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