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Robert Van Scoyk (1928–2002)

Miscellaneous Crew | Writer | Producer

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In 1979, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America.

Born:

Robert Elseworth Van Scoyk
in Dayton, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 74) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1984-1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series) (executive story editor - 95 episodes)
– Double Exposure (1989) (executive story editor)
– Trevor Hudson's Legacy (1989) (executive story editor)
– Truck Stop (1989) (executive story editor)
– From Russia... with Blood (1989) (executive story editor)
– Smooth Operators (1989) (executive story editor)
See all 95 episodes »
 
1983 Gun Shy (TV series) (developer)
 
1975-1976 Ellery Queen (TV series) (story editor - 22 episodes)
– The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976) (story editor)
– The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster (1976) (story editor)
– The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep (1976) (story editor)
– The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976) (story editor)
– The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) (story editor)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1973-1974 Banacek (TV series) (executive story consultant - 8 episodes)
– Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1974) (executive story consultant)
– Fly Me- If You Can Find Me (1974) (executive story consultant)
– Rocket to Oblivion (1974) (executive story consultant)
– Horse of a Slightly Different Color (1974) (executive story consultant)
– The Vanishing Chalice (1974) (executive story consultant)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1971-1972 Sarge (TV series) (story editor - 8 episodes)
– Napoleon Never Wanted to Be a Cop (1972) (story editor)
– A Company of Victims (1971) (story editor)
– Quicksilver (1971) (story editor)
– The Silent Target (1971) (story editor)
– John Michael O'Flaherty Presents the Eleven O'Clock War (1971) (story editor)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1970-1971 The Virginian (TV series) (script consultant - 4 episodes)
– The Town Killer (1971) (script consultant)
– The Angus Killer (1971) (script consultant)
– Experiment at New Life (1970) (script consultant)
– Jenny (1970) (script consultant)
 
1960-1961 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series) (script consultant - 3 episodes)
– The Widow (1961) (script consultant)
– Hasta Luego (1960) (script consultant - as Bob Van Scoyk)
– The Girls (1960) (script consultant)
 
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1984-1996 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
– What You Don't Know Can Kill You (1996) (written by)
– Something Foul in Flappieville (1996) (teleplay)
– Unwilling Witness (1995) (written by)
– Home Care (1995) (written by)
– Wheel of Death (1994) (writer)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1978-1992 Columbo (TV series)
– No Time to Die (1992) (teleplay)
– Death Hits the Jackpot (1991) (uncredited)
– Murder Under Glass (1978) (written by)
 
1984 Partners in Crime (TV series)
– Celebrity (1984) (story)
 
1984 Mama Malone (TV series)
– Father Romeo (1984) (written by)
 
1983 Baby Makes Five (TV series)
– The Matchmakers (1983) (written by)
 
1982 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
– Three Minus Two (1982) (writer)
 
1981 Love, Sidney (TV series)
– Fiddler Under the Roof (1981) (teleplay)
– The Party (1981) (written by)
 
1979-1980 Young Maverick (TV series)
– Dead Man's Hand: Part 2 (1980) (writer)
– Dead Man's Hand: Part 1 (1979) (writer)
– Hearts O' Gold (1979) (writer)
 
1978-1979 Flying High (TV series)
– Eye Opener (1979) (written by)
– Fun Flight (1979) (teleplay)
– High Rollers (1978) (written by)
– A Hairy Yak Plays Musical Chairs Eagerly (1978) (written by)
 
1977 Rafferty (TV series)
– Death Out of a Blue Sky (1977) (written by)
– The Narrow Thread (1977) (teleplay)
 
1976-1977 All's Fair (TV series)
– The Jailbirds: Part 1 (1977) (written by)
– In Name Only (1977) (written by)
– Love and Marriage: Part 1 (1977) (written by)
– True Confessions (1976) (written by)
– Weekend (1976) (written by)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1975-1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
– The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976) (teleplay)
– The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976) (written by)
– The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument (1975) (teleplay)
– The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader (1975) (written by)
– The Adventure of the Chinese Dog (1975) (teleplay)
 
1975 Baretta (TV series)
– Nobody in a Nothing Place (1975) (teleplay)
 
1973-1974 Banacek (TV series)
– Rocket to Oblivion (1974) (writer)
– The Three Million Dollar Piracy (1973) (teleplay)
– If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is? (1973) (writer)
– No Stone Unturned (1973) (teleplay)
 
1973 If I Had a Million (TV movie)
 
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
– Death Is Only a Side Effect (1973) (story)
 
1973 Hernandez (TV movie) (creator)
 
1973 Cannon (TV series)
– The Dead Samaritan (1973) (story / as Robert van Scoyk)
 
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– An Inalienable Right to Die (1972) (teleplay)
– Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part II (1972) (story / teleplay)
 
1967-1972 Ironside (TV series)
– Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part I (1972) (writer)
– The Priest Killer (1971) (story / teleplay)
– Light at the End of the Journey (1967) (teleplay)
 
1972 Nichols (TV series)
– Eddie Joe (1972) (story)
 
1971 Sarge (TV series)
– Quicksilver (1971) (teleplay)
 
1968-1971 The Virginian (TV series)
– The Angus Killer (1971) (teleplay)
– The Politician (1971) (writer)
– Gun Quest (1970) (writer)
– The Gift (1970) (writer)
– Train of Darkness (1970) (writer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1970 Men at Law (TV series)
– The Emancipation of Bessie Gray (1970) (writer)
 
1968 Kiss Me Kate (TV movie) (television adaptation)
 
1967 N.Y.P.D. (TV series)
– The Screaming Woman (1967) (written by)
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
– The Rebels (1967) (writer)
 
1966 Hawk (TV series)
– The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke (1966) (writer)
 
1965-1966 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
– The Only Game in Town (1966) (writer)
– A Horse Called Destiny (1966) (writer)
– Dead End on Flugel Street (1965) (writer)
– Never Bet on Anything That Talks (1965) (writer)
 
1964-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
– Where There's Smoke (1965) (as Rovert van Scoyk)
– The Patient Nurse (1965) (as Robert van Scoyk)
– White on White (1964) (writer)
– Nurse Is a Feminine Noun (1964) (writer)
 
1964 Mr. Broadway (TV series)
– Between the Rats and the Finks (1964) (as Rovert van Scoyk)
 
1963-1964 East Side/West Side (TV series)
– Nothing But the Half Truth (1964) (writer)
– The Beatnik and the Politician (1964) (written by)
– You Can't Beat the System (1963) (writer)
 
1963 The Defenders (TV series)
– Old Lady Ironsides (1963) (written by)
 
1960-1963 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Project: Pied Piper (1963) (writer)
– The Journey of Poh Lin (1963) (written by)
– The Journey of Poh Lin (1963) (written by)
– Smash Up (1962) (writer)
– Assignment: Teenage Junkies (1962) (written by)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1963 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV series)
– The Presidential Itch (1963) (story / teleplay)
 
1961 Margie (TV series)
– The Jazz Band (1961) (written by)
 
1961 'Way Out (TV series)
– Hush-Hush (1961) (writer)
 
1958-1961 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– Famous (1961) (adaptation)
– The Yum Yum Girl (1960) (teleplay)
– Queen of the Orange Bowl (1960) (writer)
– The Enemies (1958) (adaptation)
 
1960-1961 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series)
– The Beginning (1961) (writer)
– The Wedding (1961)
– Always April (1961) (writer)
– The Elopement (1960) (teleplay)
– Secret Admirer (1960)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1960 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series)
– Dobie's Navy Blues (1960) (story / teleplay)
 
1959 The Betty Hutton Show (TV series)
– Goldie Goes Broke (1959) (written by)
 
1958 Ivanhoe (TV series)
– The Masked Bandits (1958) (writer)
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Battle for Wednesday Night (1958) (writer)
 
1954 The Imogene Coca Show (TV series)
 
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1988-1991 Murder, She Wrote (TV series) (producer - 58 episodes)
– The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane (1991) (producer)
– Tainted Lady (1991) (producer)
– Murder, Plain and Simple (1991) (producer)
– Thursday's Child (1991) (producer)
– Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? (1991) (producer)
See all 58 episodes »
 
1979 Young Maverick (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1978-1979 Flying High (TV series) (producer - 18 episodes)
– Eye Opener (1979) (producer)
– Fun Flight (1979) (producer)
– It Was Just One of Those Days (1979) (producer)
– Ladies of the Night (1979) (producer)
– The Challenges (1979) (producer)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1977 Rafferty (TV series) (producer - 13 episodes)
– Death Out of a Blue Sky (1977) (producer)
– Walking Wounded (1977) (producer)
– The Will to Live (1977) (producer)
– The Wild Child (1977) (producer)
– The Epidemic (1977) (producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1969-1970 The Virginian (TV series) (associate producer - 24 episodes)
– The Gift (1970) (associate producer)
– Rich Man, Poor Man (1970) (associate producer)
– The Sins of the Fathers (1970) (associate producer)
– A King's Ransom (1970) (associate producer)
– No War for the Warrior (1970) (associate producer)
See all 24 episodes »
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Valentino: The Last Emperor (documentary) (in memory of - as Bob Van Scoyk)
 

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(1956). Stage Play: The Littlest Revue. Musical. Sketches by: Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Eudora Welty, Mike Stewart, George Baxt, Bud McCreery, Allan Manings and Robert Van Scoyk. Music by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke. Additional music and lyrics by John Latouche... See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Van Scoyk | Robert van Scoyk | Rovert van Scoyk
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Trivia:

In 1979, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. See more »

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