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Richard J. Collins (July 20, 1914 – February 14, 2013) was an American producer, director and screenwriter prominent in Hollywood during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He worked on several notable television programs including Bonanza, General Electric Theater, Matlock and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.
Richard Collins was born on 20 July 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Bonanza (1959), Matlock (1986) and Remington Steele (1982). He was married to Julie Danson and Dorothy Comingore. He died on 14 February 2013 in Ventura, California, USA.
- Producer, Writer
- July 20, 1914
- Richard Collins
- February 14, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — A blacklisted screenwriter who later named names to Communist hunters during the McCarthy era has died in California. Richard Collins was 98. His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/Z1nT8s) that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura.
Feb 15, 2013 · Richard Collins, a writer and producer who was blacklisted during the 1940s communist witch-hunts and later "named names" before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), has died.
Feb 15, 2013 · Richard Collins, a blacklisted McCarthy-era screenwriter who later identified some two dozen colleagues as Communist sympathizers and went on to a 30-year career as a television writer and...
Feb 15, 2013 · Screenwriter and producer Richard Collins has died at the age of 98. Collins, who started out working at Columbia Pictures as a script reader, was the last surviving member of the...
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Feb 15, 2013 · Richard Collins was a gifted screenwriter - he wrote the screenplay for the 1956 sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers - and he produced hundreds of episodes of such venerable TV shows as Bonanza and Matlock.
