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Jackson Gillis (1916–2010)

Writer | Producer | Miscellaneous Crew

Jackson Gillis was the middle son of three boys born to Ridgway M. Gillis (a civil engineer for the Washington State Highway Department) and Marjorie Lyman. In the late 1920s the Gillis family moved to California, settling first in Fresno then in Sacramento, where he grew up before attending and graduating from Stanford University. In July 1941 he married stage actress Patricia Cassidy... See full bio »

Born:

Jackson Clark Gillis
in Kalama, Washington, USA

Died:

(age 93) in Moscow, Idaho, USA
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1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
– All Shook Up (1994) (story "Panic in the Sky" from "Adventures of Superman" series 1953)
 
1971-1992 Columbo (TV series)
– A Bird in the Hand... (1992) (written by)
– Murder in Malibu (1990) (written by)
– Last Salute to the Commodore (1976) (written by)
– Troubled Waters (1975) (story)
– Lovely But Lethal (1973) (teleplay)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1988 A Stoning in Fulham County (TV movie) (story / teleplay)
 
1985-1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
– Unfinished Business (1986) (written by)
– Sticks and Stones (1985) (story)
 
1983-1986 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Hills of Fire (1986) (written by)
– Blind Spot (1983) (written by)
 
1981-1982 Code Red (TV series)
– Wildfire (1982) (writer)
– Dark Fire (1981) (writer)
 
1980 Paris (TV series)
– The Price Is Right (1980) (writer)
 
1979 Jason of Star Command (TV series)
– Mimi's Secret (1979) (story / teleplay)
– Little Girl Lost (1979) (written by)
 
1979 Big Shamus, Little Shamus (TV series)
– The Rubens (1979) (writer)
 
1978-1979 Wonder Woman (TV series)
– The Richest Man in the World (1979) (written by)
– The Deadly Dolphin (1978) (written by)
 
1978 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– Hutchinson for Murder One (1978) (story)
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
– The Human Rights of Tiki Kim (1978) (writer)
 
1976 Time Travelers (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1975 Caribe (TV series)
– One Second to Doom (1975) (writer)
 
1974 Cannon (TV series)
– The Exchange (1974) (writer)
 
1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
– Black Day for Bluebeard (1974) (story / writer)
 
1974 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
– Venus as in Fly Trap (1974) (story)
 
1973 The F.B.I. (TV series)
– Town of Terror (1973) (written by)
 
1973 The Man Who Died Twice (TV movie)
 
1972 Longstreet (TV series)
– Through Shattering Glass (1972) (writer)
 
1970-1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– Double Dead (1972) (story / teleplay)
– The Bride (1972) (written by)
– Flip Side (1970) (written by)
 
1971-1972 Medical Center (TV series)
– Secret (1972) (writer)
– Blood Line (1971) (writer)
– Danger Point (1971) (writer)
 
1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
– Operation: Deathwatch (1972) (writer)
 
1971 Cade's County (TV series)
– The Alien Land (1971) (writer)
 
1971 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
– Dear Enemy (1971) (written by)
 
1971 Assault on the Wayne (TV movie)
 
1969 Land of the Giants (TV series)
– Our Man O'Reilly (1969) (written by)
 
1969 My Friend Tony (TV series)
– Kidnap (1969) (writer)
– The Lost Hours (1969) (writer)
 
1969 Ironside (TV series)
– The Prophecy (1969) (writer)
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
– Sweet Annie Laurie (1969) (writer)
 
1968 Mod Squad (TV series)
– A Quiet Weekend in the Country (1968) (story)
 
1968 Mannix (TV series)
– End of the Rainbow (1968) (written by)
 
1966-1968 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
– The Night of the Gruesome Games (1968) (writer)
– The Night of the Whirring Death (1966) (story / teleplay)
 
1965-1968 Lost in Space (TV series)
– Space Beauty (1968) (writer)
– Princess of Space (1968) (writer)
– A Day at the Zoo (1967) (writer)
– The Haunted Lighthouse (1967) (writer)
– The Thief from Outer Space (1966) (writer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1966-1968 I Spy (TV series)
– This Guy Smith (1968) (written by)
– Lisa (1966) (written by)
 
1967-1968 Tarzan (TV series)
– A Gun for Jai (1968) (writer)
– Mountains of the Moon: Part 2 (1967)
– Mountains of the Moon: Part 1 (1967)
– Hotel Hurricane (1967) (writer)
– The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 2 (1967) (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1967 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (as Jack Gillis)
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Phi Beta Killer Affair (1967) (writer)
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Galatea Affair (1966) (writer)
 
1966 The Fugitive (TV series)
– In a Plain Paper Wrapper (1966) (story)
 
1959-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
– The Case of the Dead Ringer (1966) (written by)
– The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1965) (teleplay)
– The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) (teleplay)
– The Case of the Careless Kitten (1965) (teleplay)
– The Case of the Lover's Gamble (1965) (writer)
See all 32 episodes »
 
1960 The Four Just Men (TV series)
– The Last Days of Nick Pompey (1960) (writer)
 
1954-1960 Lassie (TV series)
– The Puppy Sitter (1960) (writer)
– Campout (1959) (writer)
– The Puppy Story (1959) (writer)
– Beholden (1959) (writer)
– Domino (1956) (writer)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1959 Bronco (TV series)
– Game at the Beacon Club (1959) (writer)
 
1958 Sugarfoot (TV series)
– A Wreath for Charity Lloyd (1958) (writer)
 
1957 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm (TV series) (story / teleplay / 1957)
 
1957 Zorro (TV series)
– A Fair Trial (1957) (teleplay)
– Zorro Rides to the Mission (1957) (teleplay)
 
1956 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (TV series)
– The Tower Treasure (1956) (teleplay)
– Boys in Danger (1956) (teleplay)
– Never Say Die (1956) (teleplay)
– The Tower's Secret (1956) (teleplay)
– The Final Search (1956) (teleplay)
See all 19 episodes »
 
1953-1956 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
– The Deadly Rock (1956) (writer)
– The Wedding of Superman (1956) (writer)
– The Seven Souvenirs (1955) (writer)
– The Magic Necklace (1955) (writer)
– Great Caesar's Ghost (1955) (writer)
See all 15 episodes »
 
1955 The Adventures of Spin and Marty (TV series)
– The Last Campfire (1955) (teleplay)
– Skyrocket's Trick (1955) (teleplay)
– Off on the Wrong Foot (1955) (teleplay)
– The Big Rodeo (1955) (teleplay)
– The Live Ghost (1955) (teleplay)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1955 The Millionaire (TV series)
– The Sam Donovan Story (1955) (writer)
 
1954 Superman's Peril
 
1954 Superman in Scotland Yard
 
1954 Superman in Exile
 
1954 Superman and the Jungle Devil
 
1954 Passport to Danger (TV series)
– Lima (writer)
 
1954 Stamp Day for Superman (short) (uncredited)
 
1953 I'm the Law (TV series)
– The Button Story (1953) (story / teleplay)
– The Killer (1953) (written by / as Jack Gillis)
– The Impossible Death (1953) (writer)
– The Mad Cartoonist Story (1953) (writer)
– The Juvenile Murder Story (1953) (writer)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
– Blessed Expense (1952) (teleplay)
 
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Perry Mason (TV series) (associate producer - 114 episodes, 1961-1965) (producer - 1 episode, 1963)
– The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1965) (associate producer)
– The Case of the Wrongful Writ (1965) (associate producer)
– The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) (associate producer)
– The Case of the Duplicate Case (1965) (associate producer)
– The Case of the Gambling Lady (1965) (associate producer)
See all 115 episodes »
 
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Columbo (TV series) (executive story consultant - 14 episodes, 1972-1989) (executive story editor - 5 episodes, 1990)
– Murder in Malibu (1990) (executive story editor)
– Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990) (executive story editor)
– Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (1990) (executive story editor)
– Agenda for Murder (1990) (executive story editor)
– Columbo Cries Wolf (1990) (executive story editor)
See all 19 episodes »
 
1980 The Chisholms (TV mini-series) (executive story consultant - 9 episodes)
– The Siren Song (1980) (executive story consultant)
– Chains (1980) (executive story consultant)
– The Suitor (1980) (executive story consultant)
– The Promised Land (1980) (executive story consultant)
– Death in the Sierras (1980) (executive story consultant)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1974-1975 Petrocelli (TV series) (executive story consultant - 2 episodes)
– Death in Small Doses (1975) (executive story consultant)
– Music to Die By (1974) (executive story consultant)
 
1960-1961 Perry Mason (TV series) (story consultant - 28 episodes)
– The Case of the Impatient Partner (1961) (story consultant)
– The Case of the Jealous Journalist (1961) (story consultant)
– The Case of the Guilty Clients (1961) (story consultant)
– The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather (1961) (story consultant)
– The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1961) (story consultant)
See all 28 episodes »
 
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1955 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
– Great Caesar's Ghost (1955)
 

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(1949-52) Radio: Staff writer on the series "Let George Do It". See more »

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He served as an intelligence officer for the United States Army in the Pacific during World War II. After his discharge, he moved to Los Angeles, California. See more »

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