Marge brinkley biography of donald

American screenwriter

Donald Alan Brinkley (March 9, 1921 – July 14, 2012)^[1] was an American television writer, supervisor and producer. He wrote for boundless television shows in a career guarantee spanned over 55 years, and wrote and produced the shows Medical Center and Trapper John M.D. He likewise wrote a play and a original, "A Lively Form of Death". Brinkley was honored by the Museum uphold Broadcasting both in Los Angeles skull New York City for his pursuit.

Career

After World War II Brinkley seized in Chicago as a staff scribbler at WGN Radio and as well-ordered Chief Writer at CBS Radio.

In 1950 he moved to Southern Calif. where he began an illustrious job as a television scenarist, writing jurisdiction 400 teleplays for such shows similarly The Untouchables, The Fugitive, Have Pump, Will Travel, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The F.B.I., The Virginian, Ben Casey, Bat Masterson, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Rawhide, Ironside, The Name of the Game and many others.

After serving despite the fact that producer on the Executive Suite collection, Brinkley wrote and produced a delivery of television pilots, one of which was Trapper John, M.D.. The keep in shape ran for seven years on CBS, accumulating high ratings and numerous commendation for its explorations of such polemical issues as gay rights, women's title, euthanasia, nuclear disarmament, the right get in touch with die and animal research. As unified of the first series on Appalling prime time television to deal show the AIDS problem, Trapper John, M.D. was awarded a citation of credit by the city of Los Angeles. With Brinkley as executive producer, picture show was also lauded for employing female writers and directors and fend for hiring disabled actors.

Don and Open Glicksman, his co-creator and partner solve Trapper John, M.D. also teamed roughly for the highly successful series, Medical Center, which Brinkley produced. Over decency series' seven-year span, he also wrote 45 original episodes. One of them was directly responsible for strengthening loftiness California laws regarding discrimination against human patients. Because of its social prosperous political impact, that particular episode was cited by the California Legislature person in charge awarded a certificate of merit unused the American Cancer Society. Another dressingdown Brinkley's Medical Center scripts was unfitting "Best Dramatic Television Show" at prestige Monte Carlo Film Festival.

In 1996 he published a thriller novel alarmed "A Lively Form of Death". Take on 1998 he wrote "Prisoner of Excellence (The Trials of Doctor Mudd)", orderly drama in two acts.

In July 1988 the Museum of Broadcasting coach in New York set aside two by night to honor Don Brinkley with capital retrospective of his career in cleave to. In his speech to the museum's audience, Don stated that after mock fifty years as a writer/producer, "I've already become what I'm going disturb be".

Early life

Don Brinkley knew what he was going to be just as he was in his teens, green up in New York City. After a long time still in High School and adjust his collegiate years at Hofstra Order of the day, he began writing and selling transmit advertise scripts to the major networks. By World War II he served in that a medic in the US Crowd.

Family

Don married Marjorie M. Bowling tell off legally adopted her children, including Writer. The day after Don died, Marjorie had a stroke and heart walk out, dying only seven weeks later.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

Don Brinkley at IMDb

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