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Richard Powell was a prolific writer, writing scripts for a number of episodes of popular television series as well as for feature-length films. He was president of the Television Writers branch of the Writers Guild during the 1950s and continued to be extremely active in the Guild until his death. [1]
- Screenwriter
- December 15, 1916, Cincinnati, Ohio, US
- 1952-1980
Oct 20, 1996 · Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended the University of Cincinnati where he began writing. He tried law school but did not feel it was a good match. He served in World War II in the Army Entertainment Corps. He married a dancer, Libby Burke, whose death in childbirth was very hard on him.
Oct 20, 1996 · He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on a Bob Hope and Lucille Ball comedy special and won the Morgan Cox Award for lifetime contribution to the Writer’s Guild only a year before his death. Richard M. Powell was an American screenwriter.
Oct 27, 1996 · Richard M. Powell, 79, radio and television comedy writer and executive of the Writers Guild. Born in Cincinnati, Powell began writing for radio in the mid-1940s and segued into television...
Richard Powell was a prolific writer, writing scripts for a number of episodes of popular television series as well as for feature-length films. He was president of the Television Writers branch of the Writers Guild during the 1950s and continued to be extremely active in the Guild until his death.
- 80 years old
- Screenwriter
- 15 December, 1916
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Richard M. Powell (December 15, 1916 – October 20, 1996) was an American-born screenwriter. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He wrote the scripts for several popular television shows as well as several full length feature films.
Richard M. Powell (December 15, 1916 - October 20, 1996) wrote four episodes each of The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. He also wrote episodes of the TV series "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "Hogan's Heroes", "The Doris Day Show", "M*A*S*H", "Mary Tyler Moore", "Quincy M.E." and...
