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Frank D. Gilroy

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Frank D. Gilroy, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright who established himself as a screenwriter for television before breaking through as a dramatist with his 1964 Broadway hit The Subject Was Roses, was born in New York City on October 13, 1925. A native of The Bronx, his father was an Irish-American coffee broker and his mother of German and Italian extraction... See full bio »

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1998 Money Play$ (TV movie) (written by)
 
1994 Burke's Law (TV series)
– Who Killed the Anchorman? (1994) (based on characters created by)
 
1989 The Luckiest Man in the World (written by)
 
1985 The Gig
 
1982 Jinxed! (screenplay / as Bert Blessing / story / as Bert Blessing)
 
1979 Nero Wolfe (TV movie)
 
1978 Once in Paris... (writer)
 
1977 Quitte of Dubbel (TV movie)
 
1976 From Noon Till Three (novel / screenplay)
 
1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (TV movie)
 
1971 Desperate Characters (written by)
 
1970 The Only Game in Town (play / screenplay)
 
1969 Ko ce da spase oraca (TV movie)
 
1968 The Subject Was Roses (play / screenplay)
 
1963-1966 Burke's Law (TV series)
– Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 2 (1966) (creator)
– Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 1 (1966) (creator)
– A Very Important Russian Is Missing (1965) (creator)
– A Little Gift for Cairo (1965) (creator)
– Or No Tomorrow (1965) (creator)
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1962 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
– Drama '62: A Question of Pride (1962) (writer)
 
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– Up Jumped the Devil (1961) (writer)
– Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961) (as Frank Gilroy)
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
– The Legacy (1960) (writer)
 
1960 The Gallant Hours (written by)
 
1960 Gundown at Sandoval
 
1958-1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Texas John Slaughter: Showdown at Sandoval (1959)
– Texas John Slaughter: Killers from Kansas (1959) (writer)
– Texas John Slaughter: Ambush in Laredo (1958) (writer)
– Texas John Slaughter (1958) (writer)
 
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
– The Fourth Headstone (1958) (writer)
– The Giveaway Gun (1958) (writer)
 
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– The Protégé (1958) (written by)
 
1958 The Rifleman (TV series)
– End of a Young Gun (1958) (written by / as Frank Gilroy)
 
1955-1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Last Summer (1958) (writer)
– Uncle Ed and Circumstances (1955) (teleplay)
 
1956-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Point of No Return (1958) (television adaptation)
– Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956) (as Frank Gilroy)
 
1955-1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Run for the Money (1957)
– Beginning Now (1955) (as Frank Gilroy)
 
1954-1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– A Matter of Pride (1957) (teleplay)
– Hung for a Sheep (1955) (as Frank Gilroy)
– The Last Notch (1954) (writer)
 
1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
– One Can't Help Feeling Sorry (1956) (teleplay)
 
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive (screenplay / story "The Last Notch")
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– The Desperate One (1954) (teleplay)
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– The Cruel Time (1953) (writer)
– The Wednesday Wish (1953) (writer)
 
1953 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– A Matter of Opinion (1953) (writer)
 
1953 Ponds Theater (TV series)
 
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1998 Money Play$ (TV movie)
 
1989 The Luckiest Man in the World
 
1985 The Gig
 
1979 Nero Wolfe (TV movie)
 
1978 Once in Paris...
 
1976 From Noon Till Three
 
1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (TV movie)
 
1971 Desperate Characters
 
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1985 The Gig (producer)
 
1978 Once in Paris... (producer)
 
1971 Desperate Characters (producer)
 
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1964 Burke's Law (TV series) (series based on characters created by - 1 episode)
– Who Killed WHO IV? (1964) (series based on characters created by)
 
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Story: "The Last Notch" (filmed as The Fastest Gun Alive) See more »

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Alternate Names:

Bert Blessing | Frank Gilroy
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Star Sign:

Libra