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- Jackson Gillis was a screenwriter who specialized in television dramas during the first thirty years of the medium's history. A Stanford graduate and World War II veteran, Gillis began writing for radio after his discharge.
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Jackson Clark Gillis (August 21, 1916 – August 19, 2010) was an American radio and television scriptwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years and encompassed a wide range of genres. [1] Gillis was born in Kalama, Washington to a highway engineer and a piano teacher.
He was a regular writer on the "Columbo" series starring Peter Falk and was nominated for an Emmy for one of scripts for that series. After more than 40 years of writing television scripts, Jackson Gillis retired from the business in 1996 and he and his wife moved to a small town in Idaho.
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- August 21, 1916
- Jackson Gillis
- August 19, 2010
Aug 29, 2010 · Jackson Gillis, Prolific Writer of TV Drama, Dies at 93. Cops and detectives, doctors and lawyers, spies and cowboys, heroes, superheroes and semi-superheroes. These are staples of television...
Aug 19, 2010 · Jackson Clark Gillis (August 21, 1916 – August 19, 2010) was an American radio and television scriptwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years and encompassed a wide range of genres. Gillis was born in Kalama, Washington to a highway engineer and a piano teacher. His family moved to California when he was a teenager.
He was a regular writer on the "Columbo" series starring Peter Falk and was nominated for an Emmy for one of scripts for that series. After more than 40 years of writing television scripts, Jackson Gillis retired from the business in 1996 and he and his wife moved to a small town in Idaho.
- August 21, 1916
- August 19, 2010
Oct 14, 2010 · Jackson Gillis, a prolific writer whose career spanned several decades and included a daunting volume and variety of episodic television, died August 15, 2010, in Moscow, Idaho. He was 93. According to news reports, the cause was pneumonia.
Aug 25, 2010 · Aug 24, 2010 9:44pm PT. Prolific TV scribe Gillis dies. He wrote for Mickey Mouse Club, 'Superman,' 'Columbo' By Variety Staff. Scribe Jackson Gillis, known to Disney fans for his work on...
