The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild (47 page)

Moss, Frank L.:
Caribbean
(1952, with Edward Ludwig),
Lassie
(1954–1974),
M Squad
(1957–1960),
Combat!
(1962–1967)

Murray, John Fenton:
The Mickey Rooney Show
(1954–1955),
McHale’s Navy
(1962–1966),
The Bugaloos
(1970–1972)

Neuman, E. Jack:
Twilight Zone
(1959–1964),
Mr. Novak
(1963–1965, creator),
The Blue Knight
(1973),
Police Story
(1973–1978, developed for television),
Petrocelli
(1974–1976, developed for television),
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
(1990)

Niblo, Fred, Jr.:
The Criminal Code
(1931, with Seton I. Miller, AAn),
The Fighting 69th
(1940, with Norman Reilly Raine and Dean Riesner),
Convicted
(1950, with William Bowers and Seton I. Miller)

Nichols, Dudley:
The Informer
(1935, AA), SWG president (1937–1938),
Bringing Up Baby
(1938, with Hagar Wilde),
Stagecoach
(1939),
The Bells of St. Mary’s
(1945),
Scarlet Street
(1945),
Pinky
(1949, WGAAn), Laurel Award (1954)

Norman, Marc:
The Killer Elite
(1975, with Stirling Silliphant),
Cutthroat Island
(1995),
Shakespeare in Love
(1998, with Tom Stoppard, AA, WGAA)

North, Edmund H.:
In a Lonely Place
(1950, with Andrew Solt),
The Day the Earth Stood Still
(1951), Davies Award (1967),
Patton
(1970, with Francis Ford Coppola, AA, WGAA), Cox Award (1975)

Nugent, Frank S.:
Fort Apache
(1948, WGAAn),
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949, with Laurence Stallings, WGAAn),
The Quiet Man
(1952, AAn, WGAA),
Mister Roberts
(1955, with Joshua Logan, WGAA)

Oboler, Arch:
Escape
(1940, with Marguerite Roberts),
Five
(1951, WGAAn),
Bwana Devil
(1952)

Odets, Clifford:
Humoresque
(1946, with Zachary Gold),
The Country Girl
(1954, play, with George Seaton),
Sweet Smell of Success
(1957, with Ernest Lehman)

Oppenheimer, Jess:
I Love Lucy
(1951–1957, creator, EAn),
Get Smart
(1965–1970), Laurel Award (1992, with Bob Carroll and Madelyn Pugh Davis)

Ornitz, Samuel:
It Could Happen to You!
(1937, with Nathanael West),
Little Orphan Annie
(1938, with Budd Schulberg and Endre Boehm),
Three Faces West
(1940, with F. Hugh Herbert and Joseph Moncure March), SWG founding member, blacklisted

Oxenberg, Jan:
Once and Again
(1999–2003),
Cold Case
(2003–2010),
Parenthood
(2010–present),
Pretty Little Liars
(2013–present)

Palmer, Michael Oates:
The West Wing
(1999–2006),
Shark
(2006–2008),
Rubicon
(2010)

Palumbo, Dennis:
Welcome Back, Kotter
(1975–1979),
My Favorite Year
(1982, with Norman Steinberg, WGAAn)

Parker, Dorothy:
A Star Is Born
(1937, with Alan Campbell and Robert Carson, AAn),
Saboteur
(1942, with Peter Viertel and Joan Harrison),
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
(1947, with Frank Cavett and John Howard Lawson, AAn), blacklisted

Pascal, Ernest: SWG president (1935–1937),
Lloyd’s of London
(1936, with Walter Ferris),
Wee Willie Winkie
(1937, with Julien Josephson),
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1939)

Perry, Joyce:
Mosquito Squadron
(1969, with Donald S. Sanford),
Search for Tomorrow
(1974, WGAAn),
Land of the Lost
(1974–1977),
Fantasy Island
(1977–1984)

Petrie, Daniel, Jr.:
Beverly Hills Cop
(1984, with Danilo Bach, AAn),
Toy Soldiers
(1991, with David Koepp), WGAw president (1997–1999 and 2004–2005),
Combat Hospital
(2011, creator with Jinder Chalmers and Douglas Steinberg), Cox Award (2013)

Pierson, Frank:
Cool Hand Luke
(1967, with Donn Pearce, AAn),
Dog Day Afternoon
(1975, AA, WGAA), WGAw president (1981–1983 and 1993–1995),
Presumed Innocent
(1990, with Alan J. Pakula), Davies Award (1991), Laurel Award (1992), North Award (1999), AMPAS president (2001–2005), Cox Award (2006),
Mad Men
(2007–present)

Platten, John Zuur:
Fear Effect
(2000, video game),
Venom
(2005, with Flint Dille and Brandon Boyce),
Transformers: The Game
(2007, video game, with Flint Dille)

Polanski, Roman:
Rosemary’s Baby
(1968, AAn, WGAAn),
The Tenant
(1976, with Gérard Bach),
Carnage
(2011, with Yasmina Reza)

Polonsky, Abraham:
Body and Soul
(1947, AAn),
Force of Evil
(1948, with Ira Wolfert),
You Are There
(1953–1957, uncredited),
Odds Against Tomorrow
(1959, with Nelson Gidding, with John O. Killens as front, credit restored 1997),
Monsignor
(1982, with Wendell Mayes), blacklisted

Powell, Richard M.:
The Andy Griffith Show
(1960–1968),
Gomer Pyle: USMC
(1964–1969),
Hogan’s Heroes
(1965–1971), Cox Award (1994)

Presnell, Robert R., Sr.:
The Real Glory
(1939, with Jo Swirling),
Meet John Doe
(1941, with Robert Riskin and Richard Connell, AAn),
Perry Mason
(1957–1966)

Rabe, David:
I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can
(1982),
Casualties of War
(1989),
The Firm
(1993, with Robert Towne and David Rayfiel)

Rader, Peter:
Waterworld
(1995, with David Twohy)

Rand, Ayn:
Love Letters
(1945),
The Fountainhead
(1949)

Rapf, Maurice:
Song of the South
(1946, with Dalton S. Raymond and Morton Grant),
The Detective
(1954, with Thelma Schnee and Robert Hamer, credit restored 1998), blacklisted

Raphaelson, Samson:
The Jazz Singer
(1927, play),
Trouble in Paradise
(1932, with Grover Jones),
The Merry Widow
(1934, with Ernest Vajda),
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940),
Suspicion
(1941, with Joan Harrison and Alma Reville),
That Lady in Ermine
(1948, WGAAn), Laurel Award (1977), blacklisted

Rapp, Joel:
McHale’s Navy
(1964–1966),
The Donna Reed Show
(1964–1965),
Gilligan’s Island
(1966–1967)

Reiner, Carl:
Caesar’s Hour
(1954–1957),
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(1961–1966, creator, EA, WGAAn),
The 2000-Year-Old Man
(1975, with Mel Brooks),
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
(1982, with George Gipe and Steve Martin), Laurel Award (1995), Davies Award (2009)

Reisman, Del:
Playhouse 90
(1956–1961),
Peyton Place
(1964–1969),
Six Million Dollar Man
(1974–1978), WGAw president (1991–1993), Cox Award (1999)

Renoir, Jean:
La Grande Illusion
(1937, with Charles Spaak),
The Rules of the Game
(1939, with Carl Koch),
The Southerner
(1945, with Hugo Butler), Honorary AA (1975)

Rhimes, Shonda:
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(2004, with Gina Wendkos),
Grey’s Anatomy
(2005–present, creator, WGAA),
Private Practice
(2007–2013, creator),
Scandal
(2012–present, creator)

Rintels, David W.:
Scorpio
(1973, with Gerald Wilson), WGAw president (1975–1977),
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
(1977, creator), Davies Award (1980),
Andersonville
(1996, WGAAn), Laurel Award (1997), Cox Award (2003)

Riskin, Victoria:
My Antonia
(1995), WGAw president (2001–2004), Davies Award (2009)

Rivera, Jose:
Eerie, Indiana
(1991–1992, creator with Karl Schaefer),
The Motorcycle Diaries
(2004, AAn, WGAAn),
The 33
(2014, with Mikko Alanne, Michael John Bell, and Craig Borten)

Rivkin, Allen:
Dancing Lady
(1933, with P. J. Wolfson),
Dead Reckoning
(1942, with Oliver H. P. Garrett and Steve Fisher),
The Eternal Sea
(1955), Davies Award (1963), Cox Award (1972)

Roberts, Ben:
White Heat
(1949, with Ivan Goff and Virginia Kellogg),
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957, with Ralph Wheelwright, R. Wright Campbell, and Ivan Goff, AAn),
Mannix
(1967–1975),
Charlie’s Angels
(1976–1981, creator with Ivan Goff)

Roberts, Ian:
Upright Citizens Brigade
(1998–2000, creator with Matt Besser, Amy

Poehler, and Matt Walsh),
Key & Peele
(2012–present, WGAAn)

Roberts, Marguerite:
Escape
(1940, with Arch Oboler),
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941, with Sonya Levien),
Dragon Seed
(1947, with Jane Murfin),
True Grit
(1969, WGAAn)

Rodman, Howard:
Naked City
(1958–1963, WGAA),
The Man and the City
(1971–1972, creator),
Harry O
(1973–1976, creator), Laurel Award (1980)

Rodman, Howard A.:
Joe Gould’s Secret
(2000),
Savage Grace
(2007),
August
(2008)

Rogers, Howard Emmett:
The Mystery of Mr. X
(1934),
For Me and My Gal
(1942, with Richard Sherman, Fred. F. Finklehoffe, and Sid Silvers)

Rolfe, Sam:
The Naked Spur
(1953, with Harold Jack Bloom, AAn),
Have Gun—Will Travel
(1957–1963, creator with Herb Meadow),
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
. (1964–1967, creator)

Roos, Don:
Hart to Hart
(1979–1984),
The Opposite of Sex
(1998, WGAAn),
Marley & Me
(2008),
Web Therapy
(2008–present, web series, creator with Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky, EAn),
Web Therapy
(2011–present, television series, creator with Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky)

Root, Wells:
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1937, with John L. Balderston and Edward E. Rose),
Magnificent Obsession
(1954, with Robert Blees),
Bat Masterson
(1958–1961), SWG founding member

Rose, Reginald:
Studio One in Hollywood
(1948–1958, EA),
12 Angry Men
(1957, AAn, WGAA),
The Defenders
(1961–1965, creator, EA), Laurel Award (1987)

Ross, Arthur A.:
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(1954, with Harry Essex and Maurice Zimm),
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962–1965),
The Great Race
(1965, with Blake Edwards, WGAAn),
Brubaker
(1980, with W. D. Richter, AAn)

Rosten, Leo:
The Conspirators
(1944, with Vladimir Pozner),
The Dark Corner
(1946, with Jay Dratler and Bernard C. Schoenfeld),
Sleep, My Love
(1948, with St. Clair McKelway)

Rothschild, Erica:
Just Shoot Me!
(1997–2003),
RoboCop: Alpha Commando
(1998–1999),
Sofia the First
(2012–present, EAn)

Rubin, Stanley:
Your Show Time
(1949),
Macao
(1952, with Bernard C. Schoenfeld)

Ryan, Shawn:
Nash Bridges
(1996–2001),
The Shield
(2002–2008, creator, EAn),
The Chicago Code
(2011, creator)

Ryskind, Morrie:
Animal Crackers
(1930),
A Night at the Opera
(1935, with George S. Kaufman),
My Man Godfrey
(1936, with Eric Hatch, AAn),
Stage Door
(1937, with Anthony Veiller, AAn)

Sagor, Frederica:
The Plastic Age
(1925, with Eve Unsell),
Dance Madness
(1926),
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(1947, with George Seaton and Ernest Maas)

Salt, Waldo:
Midnight Cowboy
(1969, AA, WGAA),
Serpico
(1973, with Norman Wexler, AAn, WGAAn),
Coming Home
(1978, with Robert C. Jones and Nancy Dowd, AA, WGAA), Laurel Award (1986), blacklisted

Sargent, Alvin:
Paper Moon
(1973, AAn, WGAA),
Julia
(1977, AA, WGAA),
Ordinary People
(1980, AA, WGAA), Laurel Award (1991),
What About Bob?
(1991, with Tom

Schulman and Laura Ziskin),
Spider-Man 2
(2004, with Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon)

Savel, Dava:
Dream On
(1990–1996),
Ellen
(1994–1998, EA, WGAAn),
That’s So Raven
(2003–2007)

Sayles, John:
Return of the Secaucus Seven
(1979, WGAAn),
Matewan
(1987),
Passion Fish
(1992, AAn, WGAAn),
The Secret of Roan Inish
(1994),
Lone Star
(1996, AAn, WGAAn), Hunter Award (2005)

Schamus, James:
The Wedding Banquet
(1993, with Ang Lee and Neil Peng),
Eat Drink Man Woman
(1994),
The Ice Storm
(1997, WGAAn),
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000, with Wang-Hui Ling and Tsai Kuo Jung, AAn, WGAAn), Jablow Award (2003), Burkey Award (2014)

Schary, Dore:
Boys Town
(1938, with Eleanore Griffin and John Meehan, AA),
Edison, the Man
(1941, with Hugo Butler, AAn), chief of production at MGM (1951–1956), Davies Award (1969)

Scheft, Bill:
The Late Show with David Letterman
(1993–present, EAn, WGAAn),
The Annual Academy Awards
(2 shows, 1995, 2005)

Schiff, Robin:
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
(1997),
Grosse Pointe
(2000–2001),
Are You There, Chelsea?
(2012)