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William Read Woodfield (1928–2001)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Producer

While Mr. Woodfield made a lucrative but relatively unknown career in screenwriting, he became most famous as a photographer. He took many portraits of film stars, such as Elizabeth Taylor and Jayne Mansfield, for such magazines as "Life", "Esquire" and "Playboy". His most noted work was a series of nude photos of Marilyn Monroe... See full bio »

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in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1993 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (TV movie) (story)
 
1993 The Return of Ironside (TV movie) (written by)
 
1993 A Twist of the Knife (TV movie) (written by)
 
1989-1991 Columbo (TV series)
– Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991) (written by)
– Columbo Cries Wolf (1990) (written by)
– Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) (written by)
 
1984 The Fall Guy (TV series)
– Dead Bounty (1984) (story)
 
1983-1984 Masquerade (TV series)
– Winnings (1984) (writer)
– Oil (1984) (writer)
– Diamonds (1983) (writer)
 
1975 Barbary Coast (TV series)
– Sauce for the Goose (1975) (story)
 
1975 Satan's Triangle (TV movie) (written by)
 
1973-1974 Shaft (TV series)
– The Murder Machine (1974) (writer)
– The Kidnapping (1973) (writer)
– The Enforcers (1973) (writer)
 
1971 Earth II (TV movie)
 
1970 San Francisco International Airport (TV series)
– We Once Came Home to Parades (1970) (written by)
– San Francisco International (1970) (written by)
 
1969 Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (writer)
 
1966-1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– The Execution (1968) (written by)
– The Contender: Part 2 (1968) (written by)
– The Contender: Part 1 (1968) (written by)
– Recovery (1968) (written by)
– The Killing (1968) (written by)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
– Revenge of the Gods (1966) (writer)
 
1965-1966 Lost in Space (TV series)
– Wild Adventure (1966) (writer)
– Attack of the Monster Plants (1965) (writer)
 
1965-1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
– The Menfish (1966) (written by)
– Deadly Creature Below! (1966) (written by)
– Killers of the Deep (1966) (written by)
– The Monster from Outer Space (1965) (written by)
– The Peacemaker (1965) (written by)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1965 Convoy (TV series)
– The Assassin (1965) (writer)
 
1962 Death Valley Days (TV series)
– The Unshakable Man (1962) (written by)
 
1961-1962 Everglades (TV series)
– Friday's Children (1962) (writer)
– The Experts (1961) (writer)
 
1960 The Hypnotic Eye
 
1958-1959 Sea Hunt (TV series)
– The Alcatraz Story (1959) (written by)
– Dead Man's Cove (1958) (written by)
 
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1990-1991 Columbo (TV series) (executive story consultant - 9 episodes)
– Death Hits the Jackpot (1991) (executive story consultant)
– Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991) (executive story consultant)
– Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (1991) (executive story consultant)
– Columbo Goes to College (1990) (executive story consultant)
– Murder in Malibu (1990) (executive story consultant)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1983-1984 Masquerade (TV series) (executive story consultant - 12 episodes)
– Spying Down to Rio (1984) (executive story consultant)
– Spanish Gambit (1984) (executive story consultant)
– Sleeper (1984) (executive story consultant)
– Winnings (1984) (executive story consultant)
– The French Connection (1984) (executive story consultant)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1974 Shaft (TV series) (developed for television - 2 episodes)
– The Murder Machine (1974) (developed for television)
– The Capricorn Murders (1974) (developed for television)
 
Mission: Impossible (TV series) (script consultant - 24 episodes, 1967-1968) (story consultant - 15 episodes, 1967)
– Recovery (1968) (script consultant)
– Trial by Fury (1968) (script consultant)
– The Phoenix (1968) (script consultant)
– The Killing (1968) (script consultant)
– The Town (1968) (script consultant)
See all 39 episodes »
 
1963 Come Blow Your Horn (still photgrapher)
 
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1974 Shaft (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– The Murder Machine (1974) (executive producer)
– The Capricorn Murders (1974) (executive producer)
– Cop Killer (1974) (executive producer)
 
1971 Earth II (TV movie) (producer)
 
1970 San Francisco International Airport (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– San Francisco International (1970) (producer)
 
1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series) (producer - 7 episodes)
– The Diplomat (1968) (producer)
– The Cardinal (1968) (producer)
– The Execution (1968) (producer)
– The Mercenaries (1968) (producer)
– The Contender: Part 2 (1968) (producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
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1962 The Manchurian Candidate (still photographer - uncredited)
 
1960 Spartacus (still photographer - uncredited)
 

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Sea Hunt: Season 1: Episode 33 -- An underwater camera holds the key to determining whether a woman's drowning was accidental, as her husband claims, or not. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 2: Episode 13 -- While on a mission to retrieve an unmanned space probe, the Seaview is taken over by a deadly extra-terrestrial organism. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 2: Episode 15 -- With Crane being held hostage, Nelson leads the fight against a sinister foreign power intent on stealing undersea defense missiles.
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Photographed Marilyn Monroe, shooting the scene by the pool, on the set of Something's Got to Give.

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Woodfield formed a writing partnership with Allan Balter during production of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. They wrote an early episode of Mission: Impossible and quickly got more work and became script consultants. By the third season of the show, they were elevated to producers. However, they clashed with executive producer Bruce Geller and left the show at its peak of popularity. See more »

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