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Alvin Sapinsley (1921–2002)

Writer | Producer | Actor

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Children: son Gregory, daughter Ann.

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in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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(age 80) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1984 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
– Remembering Melody (1984) (teleplay)
 
1980 Desperate Voyage (TV movie)
 
1980 Once Upon a Family (TV movie)
 
1979 The Scarlet Letter (TV mini-series) (writer)
 
1971-1977 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
– The Descent of the Torches (1977) (written by)
– Wooden Model of a Rat (1975) (written by)
– The Case Against McGarrett (1975) (written by)
– Bones of Contention (1975) (written by)
– A Gun for McGarrett (1974) (written by)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1977 Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (TV movie)
 
1976 Spencer's Pilots (TV series)
– The Explosives (1976) (developer)
– The Search (1976) (developer)
– The Hitchhiker (1976) (developer)
– The Matchbook (1976) (developer)
– Pursued (1976) (developer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV movie)
 
1974 Kojak (TV series)
– The Only Way Out (1974) (written by)
– Cop in a Cage (1974) (story / teleplay)
 
1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– A Terminal Career (1973) (story / teleplay)
 
1972 Moon of the Wolf (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1971-1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– I'll Never Leave You - Ever/There Aren't Any More MacBanes (1972) (teleplay / as Alvin T. Sapinsley)
– The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid (1972) (written by / segment "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" / as Alvin T. Sapinsley)
– The Miracle at Camafeo/The Ghost of Sorworth Place (1972) (teleplay)
– Pickman's Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry (1971) (teleplay / segment "Pickman's Model")
– Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip Side of Satan (1971) (teleplay / segment "Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay")
See all 6 episodes »
 
1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
– The Inheritors (1970) (written by)
 
1970 Men at Law (TV series)
– Shadows of Doubt (1970) (writer)
– Murph Collins vs. Tomorrow (1970) (writer)
 
1970 Ironside (TV series)
– A Killing Will Occur (1970) (writer)
 
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
– The Other Side of the Chart (1970) (story)
 
1968-1970 The Virginian (TV series)
– No War for the Warrior (1970) (teleplay)
– Journey to Scathelock (1969) (writer)
– Halfway Back from Hell (1969) (story / teleplay)
– The Storm Gate (1968) (teleplay)
– The Wind of Outrage (1968) (writer)
 
1969 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
– The View from the Ivory Tower (1969) (written by)
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
– Totally by Design (1968) (story / teleplay)
 
1966-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– Code Name: Heraclitus - Part 2 (1967) (writer)
– Code Name: Heraclitus: Part 1 (1967) (writer)
– When Hell Froze (1966) (adaptation)
 
1967 Code Name: Heraclitus (TV movie)
 
1964 Invitation to a Gunfighter (adaptation)
 
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Shark Affair (1964) (written by)
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
– The Night Raiders (1964) (writer)
 
1963 Espionage (TV series)
– He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday (1963) (writer)
 
1962 Bonanza (TV series)
– The War Comes to Washoe (1962) (writer)
 
1961-1962 The Detectives (TV series)
– Three Blind Mice: Part 2 (1962) (writer)
– Three Blind Mice: Part 1 (1962) (writer)
– One Lousy Wednesday (1962) (writer)
– One Lucky Break (1961) (writer)
 
1959-1960 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
– The Forbidden Sea (1960) (writer)
– There Is an Island (1960) (writer)
– Nightmare on Napuka (1960) (writer)
– Peril at Pitcairn (1959) (writer)
 
1959 The Untouchables (TV series)
– Mexican Stake-Out (1959) (story / teleplay)
 
1958 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
– The Saga of Lonesome Jackson (1958) (teleplay)
– The Belle from Boston (1958) (teleplay)
 
1958 The Restless Gun (TV series)
– The Gold Star (1958) (teleplay)
– Quiet City (1958) (writer)
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
– The Nightingale (1958) (adaptation)
 
1956-1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– One Mummy Too Many (1957)
– Whom Death Has Joined Together (1956) (writer)
 
1957 Omnibus (TV series)
– Lee at Gettysburg (1957) (writer)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
– Key Largo (1956) (adaptation)
– Even the Weariest River (1956) (writer)
 
1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– One Mummy Too Many (1955) (writer)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
– San Francisco Fracas (1955) (writer)
– The $1,000 Window (1955) (adaptation)
– Sting of Death (1955) (adaptation)
 
1950-1955 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– The Great Gatsby (1955) (adaptation)
– A Matter of Dignity (1955) (teleplay)
– The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 2 (1954) (adaptation)
– The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 1 (1954) (adaptation)
– Ten Minute Alibi (1954) (teleplay)
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1954 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Fred Allen's Sketchbook (1954) (adaptation)
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– A Matter of Life and Death (1954) (teleplay)
 
1954 Center Stage (TV series)
– Golden Anniversary (1954) (written by)
 
1954 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
– Nightmare in Algiers (1954) (writer)
 
1954 The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV series)
– The Man They'd Murdered (1954) (written by)
 
1951-1954 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– A Favor for a Friend (1954) (written by)
– The Incredible Mr. Glencannon (1952) (adaptation)
– The Square Peg (1952) (written for television by)
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1952) (writer)
– Lilly, the Queen of the Movies (1952) (adaptation)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1950-1953 Suspense (TV series)
– Pigeons in the Cave (1953) (writer)
– Mr. Matches (1953) (written for television by)
– Four Days to Kill (1952) (written for television by)
– Murderers' Meeting (1951) (from an original story by / written by)
– The Three of Silence (1951) (writer)
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1953 The Plymouth Playhouse (TV series)
– Mr. Glencannon Takes All (1953) (writer)
 
1951-1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
– Read to Me, Herr Doktor (1953) (writer)
– A Child Is Crying (1952) (writer)
– The Dark Angel (1951) (teleplay)
– A Child Is Crying (1951) (teleplay)
 
1952 CBS Television Workshop (TV series)
– Don Quixote (1952) (adaptation)
 
1951 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
– A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln (1951) (adaptation / writer)
 
1950 The Adventures of Ellery Queen (TV series)
– The Human Weapon (1950) (written by)
 
1950 Danger (TV series)
– The Fearful One (1950) (adaptation)
 
1950 Actor's Studio (TV series)
– Telas, the King (1950) (adaptation)
 
1949-1950 The Front Page (TV series)
– Episode #1.18 (1950) (written by)
– Episode #1.17 (1950) (written by)
– Episode #1.16 (1950) (written by)
– Episode #1.14 (1949) (written by)
– Episode #1.13 (1949) (written by)
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1981 Shannon (TV series) (supervising producer - 2 episodes)
– Neither a Borrower (1981) (supervising producer)
– Gotham Swansong (1981) (supervising producer)
 
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1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV movie)
Elevator Company Engineer
 

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