alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 11, 2019 (Also posted in the Academy Awards thread) Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Alvin Sargent has died at age 92. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/alvin-sargent-dead-dies-julia-ordinary-people-1203211752/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted September 12, 2019 Mardik Martin, screenwriter for Scorsese classics such as Raging Bull and Mean Streets dead at 82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted November 13, 2019 Obituary for Andrea Newman, author who adapted some of her novels for television: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/11/13/andrea-newman-creator-racy-novels-tv-dramas-tangled-married/ Probably best known for Bouquet Of Barbed Wire. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628006/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted December 10, 2019 English Screenwriter (The Long Good Friday) Barrie Keeffe dead at 74 years: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/barrie-keeffe-dead-dies-screenwriter-the-long-good-friday-1203431141/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 10, 2019 3 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: English Screenwriter (The Long Good Friday) Barrie Keeffe dead at 74 years: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/barrie-keeffe-dead-dies-screenwriter-the-long-good-friday-1203431141/ Fair to say a bit of a short Tuesday. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 9, 2020 Buck Henry, the screenwriter behind the Graduate and the co-creator of Get Smart, has died. He was 89. https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted January 9, 2020 My first hit of the year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 9, 2020 5 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Buck Henry, the screenwriter behind the Graduate and the co-creator of Get Smart, has died. He was 89. https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/ QO for Buck Henry if needed: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1225898/buck-henry-dead-cause-of-death-the-graduate-get-smart-heart-attack-latest-news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted January 9, 2020 6 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Buck Henry, the screenwriter behind the Graduate and the co-creator of Get Smart, has died. He was 89. https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/ 6 hours ago, Lewd_Squirrel said: My first hit of the year. My first miss of the year. After 6 years as a starter, I foolishly relegated him to the sub's bench. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted January 29, 2020 Screenwriter and producer Harriet Frank Jr., best known for writing Norma Rae, which starred Sally Field, dead at 96 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/movies/harriet-frank-jr-dead.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted January 29, 2020 39 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Screenwriter and producer Harriet Frank Jr., best known for writing Norma Rae, which starred Sally Field, dead at 96 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/movies/harriet-frank-jr-dead.html One of the best. She wrote Hud & Hombre for Paul Newman, The Cowboys for John Wayne, Murphy's Romance for James Garner...So many of my favorite films. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted February 5, 2020 British playwright & screenwriter Charles Wood has died aged 87. His screenwriting credits include The Knack... and how toget it, The Bed-Sitting Room, and Help!, amongst others, while his TV work includes episodes of Kavanagh QC, Inspector Morse and Sharpe amongst others. His plays included Prisoner and Escort, which was written for TV but was performed on Radio and Stage before TV. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted April 2, 2020 Roger Marshall, British screenwriter who wrote for The Avengers, The Sweeney, Lovejoy and London's Burning among many other UK shows, reported dead by his son: http://avengersfanforum.s2.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3829 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551139/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,450 Posted April 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Roger Marshall, British screenwriter who wrote for The Avengers, The Sweeney, Lovejoy and London's Burning among many other UK shows, reported dead by his son: http://avengersfanforum.s2.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3829 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551139/ Oh now that's a shame, he was a very good TV writer as you can see from his career lasting so long. Beyond the Avengers, 3 of his scripts which stick in the mind are: London's Burning S5e3 - the one where they fight against time to save a drowning girl in a silo - nightmarish images from when I was a kid. But its also the one where James Hazeldine tries to save the suicidal teen on the big crane, but can't. A grim memorable episode in a series full of grim moments! Shadows of Fear: Did You Lock Up? - Not the best Shadows of Fears (that's the rather Jamie Bulger like Sugar and Spice you wouldn't get away with these days) but a solid runner up to that tag, as good old Michael Craig (why is not a more popular deadpool name these days, he's 92!) suffers a burglary at his home and slowly starts to go mad from the worry it'll happen again. Mark McManus shows up as a thief in an early role too. Shadows: The Future Ghost - Written for kids, this is a complete 180 on a ghost story, as a Victorian young nurse stays in a bed and breakfast, only to hear the cries of an ill child and to walk into a modern 1970s room. Our main character is one of these good of heart and spirit types which is just as well as the supernatural flip flop winds up saving their life. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 3, 2020 John Lafia, who co-wrote the screenplay for Child's Play and Child's Play 2, has died by suicide. He was 63. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8281057/Childs-Play-screenwriter-John-Lafia-dead-63-suicide.html#i-2cb08aa50fdb117 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted June 4, 2020 Oscar nominated american novelist, screenwriter, and actor Bruce Jay Friedman, best known for his novel, "Stern," from 1962, died at 90 years: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bruce-jay-freidman-dead-90-splash-woody-allen-1234624764/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted June 4, 2020 4 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Oscar nominated american novelist, screenwriter, and actor Bruce Jay Friedman, best known for his novel, "Stern," from 1962, died at 90 years: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bruce-jay-freidman-dead-90-splash-woody-allen-1234624764/ I'll know him best for Stir Crazy. Lot of that film now 6 feet under. With one notable exception. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 5, 2020 19 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Oscar nominated american novelist, screenwriter, and actor Bruce Jay Friedman, best known for his novel, "Stern," from 1962, died at 90 years: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bruce-jay-freidman-dead-90-splash-woody-allen-1234624764/ His widow: “Is anyone here from Penthouse Forum? Then we ain’t talkin!” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted June 5, 2020 On 02/04/2020 at 13:44, YoungWillz said: Roger Marshall, British screenwriter who wrote for The Avengers, The Sweeney, Lovejoy and London's Burning among many other UK shows, reported dead by his son: http://avengersfanforum.s2.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3829 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551139/ and belatedly gets his obit: Roger Marshall 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted July 5, 2020 Award winning screenwriter Bettina Gilois (Bessie, Glory Road, McFarland) dead: https://deadline.com/2020/07/bettina-gilois-dies-award-winning-screenwriter-bessie-author-1202977744/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted September 28, 2020 English screenwriter Chris Croucher had his trial for sexual assault delayed after he was diagnosed with cancer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted October 2, 2020 Screenwriter Murray Schisgal who co-wrote the award-winning 1982 romantic comedy, Tootsie, which starred Dustin Hoffman, died aged 93: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/theater/murray-schisgal-dead.html 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted October 3, 2020 12 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Screenwriter Murray Schisgal who co-wrote the award-winning 1982 romantic comedy, Tootsie, which starred Dustin Hoffman, died aged 93: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/theater/murray-schisgal-dead.html Alan Arkin (1934) & Elaine May (1932) who played in "luv" on stage & screen are still working. I also noticed that Charles Grodin (1935) has stopped working three years ago. A possibility for 2021? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted December 29, 2020 Screenwriter William Link, best known for co-writing a string of successful TV movies like The Gun, My Sweet Charlie, and That Certain Summer, died at 87 years: https://deadline.com/2020/12/william-link-dead-co-creator-columbo-murder-she-wrote-1234662464/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted December 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Screenwriter William Link, best known for co-writing a string of successful TV movies like The Gun, My Sweet Charlie, and That Certain Summer, died at 87 years: https://deadline.com/2020/12/william-link-dead-co-creator-columbo-murder-she-wrote-1234662464/ Someone should check to make sure Peter Falk is okay then... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
