Donald P. Bellisario — TV Series Creator
Donald P. Bellisario (born 1935) is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and sometimes wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I. (1980), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), Airwolf (1984), Quantum Leap (1989), JAG (1995), and NCIS (2003).
He has often included military veterans as characters.
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- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.(created by - 97 episodes, 1989 - 1993)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsStephen CollinsJeff MacKayCaitlin O'HeaneyThe adventures of a 1930's Pacific Islands bush pilot and his companions.(created by - 22 episodes, 1982 - 1983)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsDavid McCallumSean MurrayMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.(created by - 413 episodes, 2003 - 2021)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioPaul J. LevineStarsJoe MantegnaJames GarnerCharles DurningEach Supreme Court term begins on the first Monday in October. Currently, the Court's evenly divided between conservatives and liberals. Moderate Justice Joseph Novelli has just joined them. The show follows their cases and lives.(created by - 13 episodes, 2002)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsJan-Michael VincentAlex CordErnest BorgnineAs part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.(created by - 55 episodes, 1984 - 1986) (written by - 2 episodes, 1984)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioGlen A. LarsonStarsTom SelleckJohn HillermanRoger E. MosleyThe adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.(created by - 158 episodes, 1980 - 1988)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsDavid James ElliottCatherine BellPatrick LabyorteauxThe cases of Harmon Rabb, former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow lawyers of the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's office.(created by - 227 episodes, 1995 - 2005)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsJack ScaliaMariska HargitayCharles RocketNick Bonetti is a cop from New York who accidentally shot a twelve-year-old girl. His department felt that it would be best that he leave New York until all the excitement dies down. So he is sent to California, and far as he is concerned, it's like being sent to another planet, and as far as the locals are concerned, he is an outsider. He is teamed with a dog named Tequila, who is not exactly Rin tin tin. But they try to work as best as they can.(created by - 12 episodes, 1992) (written by - 3 episodes, 1992)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsBarry Van DykeGeraint Wyn DaviesMichele ScarabelliAfter finding Hawke, they decide to continue the deal that Stringfellow Hawke had with the agency: they keep Airwolf location a secret and will go on missions for the agency.(created by - 24 episodes)
- CreatorEric GuggenheimPeter M. LenkovStarsJay HernandezPerdita WeeksZachary KnightonAn ex-Navy SEAL returns from Afghanistan and uses his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii.(based on the series 'Magnum P.I.' created by - 56 episodes, 2018 - 2021)
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsLorne GreeneRichard HatchDirk BenedictAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.(written by - 7 episodes, 1978 - 1979)
- StarsRobert ConradSimon OaklandDana ElcarThe dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron).(writer - 3 episodes, 1978)
- CreatorAbby MannStarsTelly SavalasDan FrazerKevin DobsonA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.(written by - 1 episode)
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsRobert WagnerEddie AlbertCharlie CallasEx-cop Frank McBride and ex-con Pete Ryan start their own detective agency.(1 episode)
- StarsJohn DehnerLucia StralserCliff PottsAdventures on the Paradise Ranch located on the big island of Hawaii.(story - 1 episode)
- CreatorRichard LevinsonStarsDennis WeaverPat HingleRobert WeaverSgt. Daniel Stone has been moonlighting as a writer and after he becomes a success with lots of fans, it leads to resentment on the force. Former friend Chief Paulson is among those unhappy, not so rookie Buck Rogers.(writer - 1 episode)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioSteven LilienBryan WynbrandtStarsRaymond LeeCaitlin BassettMason Alexander ParkSet 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator.