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Jack Laird (1923–1991)

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Jack Laird Schultheis
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 68) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1981 Hellinger's Law (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 The Gangster Chronicles (TV mini-series) (producer)
 
1979 Beggarman, Thief (TV movie) (producer)
 
1978 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV series) (producer - 3 episodes)
– Class Underachiever (1978) (producer)
– Class Crusader (1978) (producer)
– Class Athlete (1978) (producer)
 
1978 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (TV mini-series) (producer)
 
1977 Testimony of Two Men (TV mini-series) (producer)
 
Switch (TV series) (producer - 7 episodes, 1976) (supervising producer - 1 episode, 1977)
– Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony? (1977) (supervising producer)
– The 100,000 Ruble Rumble (1976) (producer)
– Gaffing the Skim (1976) (producer)
– Quicker Than the Eye (1976) (producer)
– The Things That Belong to Mickey Costello (1976) (producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1974-1977 Kojak (TV series) (supervising producer - 72 episodes)
– Another Gypsy Queen (1977) (supervising producer)
– Sister Maria (1977) (supervising producer)
– Lady in the Squadroom (1977) (supervising producer)
– Kiss It All Goodbye (1977) (supervising producer)
– Monkey on a String (1977) (supervising producer)
See all 72 episodes »
 
1976 Perilous Voyage (TV movie) (producer)
 
1975-1976 Doctors' Hospital (TV series) (producer - 13 episodes)
– Lullabye (1976) (producer)
– And Hear a Sudden Cry (1976) (producer)
– Surgeon, Heal Thyself (1975) (producer)
– And Sorrow for Angels (1975) (producer)
– My Cup Runneth Over (1975) (producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1975 One of Our Own (TV movie) (producer)
 
1973 The Return of Charlie Chan (TV movie) (producer)
 
1970-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series) (producer - 38 episodes)
– Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) (producer)
– The Doll of Death (1973) (producer)
– Whisper (1973) (producer)
– Death on a Barge (1973) (producer)
– Something in the Woodwork (1973) (producer)
See all 38 episodes »
 
1973 Amanda Fallon (TV movie) (producer)
 
1972-1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– And Other Springs I May Not See (1973) (producer)
– Discovery at Fourteen (1972) (producer)
 
1970 Hauser's Memory (TV movie) (producer)
 
1969-1970 The Bold Ones: The Protectors (TV series) (executive producer - 5 episodes)
– Memo from the Class of '76 (1970) (executive producer)
– A Thing Not of God (1970) (executive producer)
– The Carrier (1970) (executive producer)
– If I Should Wake Before I Die (1969) (executive producer)
– A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time (1969) (executive producer)
 
1970 The Movie Murderer (TV movie) (producer)
 
1969 Destiny of a Spy (TV movie) (producer)
 
1969 Trial Run (TV movie) (producer)
 
1968 Shadow Over Elveron (TV movie) (producer)
 
1967 Ready and Willing (TV movie) (producer)
 
1965-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series) (producer - 3 episodes)
– The Lady Is My Wife (1967) (producer)
– Brilliant Benjamin Boggs (1966) (producer)
– Russian Roulette (1965) (producer)
 
1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation (TV movie) (producer)
 
1967 Code Name: Heraclitus (TV movie) (producer)
 
1965 Dark Intruder (producer)
 
1964 See How They Run (TV movie) (producer)
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– The World I Want (1964) (producer)
– The Watchman (1964) (producer)
 
1963-1964 Channing (TV series) (producer - 26 episodes)
– My Son, the All-American (1964) (producer)
– Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan (1964) (producer)
– A Bang and a Whimper (1964) (producer)
– Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-Haired Boy (1964) (producer)
– The Trouble with Girls (1964) (producer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
Ben Casey (TV series) (associate producer - 4 episodes, 1962) (producer - 1 episode, 1963)
– It Is Getting Dark... And We Are Lost (1963) (producer)
– I Hear America Singing (1962) (associate producer)
– The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits (1962) (associate producer)
– Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road (1962) (associate producer)
– Go Not Gently Into the Night (1962) (associate producer)
 
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1990 The Bride in Black (TV movie) (story)
 
1990 Kojak: None So Blind (TV movie)
 
1984 Whiz Kids (TV series)
– May I Take Your Order Please? (1984) (written by)
 
1981 Hellinger's Law (TV movie)
 
1978 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV series)
– Class Underachiever (1978) (story)
 
1973-1977 Kojak (TV series)
– Monkey on a String (1977) (written by)
– A Summer Madness (1976) (story)
– Justice Deferred (1976) (written by)
– A Grave Too Soon (1976) (written by)
– Out of the Frying Pan... (1975) (written by)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1975-1976 Doctors' Hospital (TV series)
– Lullabye (1976) (developer)
– And Hear a Sudden Cry (1976) (developer)
– Surgeon, Heal Thyself (1975) (developer)
– And Sorrow for Angels (1975) (developer)
– My Cup Runneth Over (1975) (developer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1975 One of Our Own (TV movie)
 
1971-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
– Die Now, Pay Later (1973) (writer)
– Room for One Less (1973) (writer)
– You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile, Please (1972) (written by / segment "Smile, Please")
– Spectre in Tap-Shoes (1972) (story)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– The Lady Is My Wife (1967) (story)
 
1964 The Hanged Man (TV movie)
 
1964 Channing (TV series)
– Another Kind of Music (1964) (teleplay)
 
1961-1963 Ben Casey (TV series)
– It Is Getting Dark... And We Are Lost (1963) (teleplay)
– Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne (1963) (teleplay)
– Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season (1962) (teleplay)
– Of All Save Pain Bereft (1962) (adaptation)
– Legacy from a Stranger (1962) (adaptation)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1958-1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– Silent Death, Secret Death (1962) (written by)
– Justice in Hell (1962) (writer)
– Lazarus (1962) (writer)
– Long Weekend (1961) (writer)
– The Fatal Flaw (1961) (writer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1960-1962 My Three Sons (TV series)
– The Romance of Silver Pines (1962) (written by)
– Spring Will Be a Little Late (1960) (written by)
 
1961 The Detectives (TV series)
– Act of God (1961)
 
1959-1961 The Rebel (TV series)
– The Proxy (1961)
– To See the Elephant (1960) (writer)
– Noblesse Oblige (1960) (writer)
– School Days (1959) (written by)
 
1960-1961 Dante (TV series)
– Dante's Fickle Fate (1961) (written by)
– My Pal, the Bullseye (1960) (written by)
 
1959-1960 Bronco (TV series)
– Legacy of Twisted Creek (1960) (writer)
– The Last Resort (1959) (writer)
 
1960 Pony Express (TV series)
– The Killer (1960) (teleplay)
 
1959-1960 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
– Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader (1960) (teleplay)
– Hard Luck for Sundance (1960) (written by)
– The High Cost of Justice (1959) (written by)
 
1957-1960 The Millionaire (TV series)
– Millionaire Jerry Mitchell (1960) (story)
– Millionaire Angela Temple (1959) (writer)
– The David Barrett Story (1958) (writer)
– The Peter Bartley Story (1958) (writer)
– The Barbara Lydon Story (1957) (written by)
 
1959 The Lineup (TV series)
– Wake Up to Terror (1959) (teleplay)
 
1959 World of Giants (TV series)
– Special Agent (1959) (writer)
 
1959 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Operator (1959) (writer)
 
1957-1959 M Squad (TV series)
– The Outsider (1959) (writer)
– The Terror on Dark Street (1959) (writer)
– Ghost Town (1959) (teleplay)
– Death Threat (1959) (writer)
– The Missing Claimant (1958) (written by)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1959 The Third Man (TV series)
– The Indispensible Man (1959) (writer)
 
1958-1959 Man with a Camera (TV series)
– The Last Portrait (1959) (written by)
– Closeup on Violence (1958) (written by)
 
1959 Flight (TV series)
– Chopper Four (1959) (writer)
– Decision (writer)
– Mercy Commando (writer)
 
1958 Rescue 8 (TV series)
– The Crackup (1958) (teleplay)
 
1957-1958 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– Iron Maiden (1958) (writer)
– Aztec Treasure (1958) (writer)
– Black Moment (1957) (writer)
 
1958 Man Without a Gun (TV series)
– Reward (1958) (teleplay)
– The Sealed Envelope (1958) (written by)
 
1957 Code 3 (TV series)
– Death in an Alley (1957) (writer)
– You Can't Kill a Marine (1957) (writer)
 
1955-1957 Highway Patrol (TV series)
– Statute of Limitations (1957) (screenplay)
– Hitchhiker Dies (1956) (screenplay)
– Car Theft (1956) (screenplay)
– Lookout (1955) (screenplay)
 
1957 Men of Annapolis (TV series)
– Jinx (writer)
 
1956-1957 Dr. Christian (TV series)
– Blackmail (1957) (written by)
– Champion (1957) (written by)
– Mother's Boy (1957) (written by)
– Old Man (1957) (written by)
– The Alien (1957) (written by)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1956 The Man Called X (TV series)
– Spare Parts (1956)
– Gold (1956)
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Three for the Money (1956)
– The Ledger (1956)
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– Stagecoach to Paradise (1956) (writer)
– Live Bait (1956) (writer)
– My Name Is Sally Roberts (1956) (teleplay)
 
1956 Warner Brothers Presents (TV series)
– Siege (1956) (teleplay)
 
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– Crisis in Paris (1955) (writer)
 
1955 Brave Eagle (TV series)
– The Flight (1955) (writer)
 
1954-1955 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
– Counterfeit Redskins (1955) (screenplay)
– Death Goes to Press (1955) (screenplay)
– The Quiet Highwayman (1955) (screenplay)
– The Globe (1954) (screenplay)
– Homer with a High Hat (1954) (screenplay)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1954 Waterfront (TV series)
– Live Bait (writer)
 
1954 The New Adventures of China Smith (TV series)
– The Bible of Mr. Quaile (1954) (teleplay)
– The Yellow Jade Lion (1954) (written by)
 
1953 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
– The Sheriff Was a Redhead (1953) (writer)
 
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
– Escape to Nowhere (1952) (writer)
– Bright Boy (1952) (writer)
 
1952 China Smith (TV series)
 
1951 Racket Squad (TV series)
– Two for One (1951) (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1971-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
– Room for One Less (1973)
– You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile, Please (1972) (segment "Smile, Please")
– Pickman's Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry (1971) (segments "Pickman's Model" and "An Act of Chivalry")
– The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971) (segment "A Matter of Semantics")
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973 Amanda Fallon (TV movie)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1971-1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Laboratory Assistant (segment "With Apologies to Mr. Hyde") / Second Demon / Ygor
– Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe (1972) … Ygor
– House - With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells (1971) … Second Demon (uncredited)
– Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip Side of Satan (1971) … Laboratory Assistant (segment "With Apologies to Mr. Hyde")
 
1952 Rebound (TV series)
Finnegan
– The Witness (1952) … Finnegan
 
1951 Call Me Mister
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1949 Sword in the Desert
Orderly (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1970 The Psychiatrist (TV series) (story consultant - 1 episode)
– God Bless the Children (Pilot) (1970) (story consultant)
 
1962 Ben Casey (TV series) (story editor - 1 episode)
– Preferably, the Less-Used Arm (1962) (story editor)
 

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