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John Alexander Kneubuhl (July 2, 1920 – February 20, 1992) was an American Samoan screenwriter, playwright and Polynesian historian. He wrote for American television series such as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Star Trek, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O.
John Kneubuhl was born on 2 July 1920 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He was a writer and producer, known for The Screaming Skull (1958), The Fugitive (1963) and The Invaders (1967). He died on 20 February 1992 in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
- Writer, Producer
- July 2, 1920
- John Kneubuhl
- February 20, 1992
Sep 30, 2022 · Meet John Kneubuhl. This Learning Lab collection about John Kneubuhl is in a series of 30 collections based on the book, We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who Have Shaped the United States.
John Kneubuhl was born on July 2, 1920 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He was a writer and producer, known for The Screaming Skull (1958), The Fugitive (1963) and The Invaders (1967). He died on February 20, 1992 in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
- July 2, 1920
- February 20, 1992
Samoan Natives. Of mixed Samoan/American ancestry, Kneubuhl was an acclaimed Pacific Island playwright who died in 1992. He grew up in Samoa, was educated at Yale, wrote plays for the Honolulu Community Theater, and then spent many years living in Hollywood working as a television writer.
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Think of a Garden, the first play of the trilogy and the last written before the playwright's death in 1992, has been called the most Samoan of Kneubuhl's plays–a candid look at the writer's bicultural upbringing that artfully weaves together family memory, history, and mysticism.
