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William Link

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Also draws cartoons, mostly for friends, though they have been exhibited. See more »

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December 15, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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2009 Where Do the Balloons Go? (short)
(story)
 
1971-1998 Columbo (TV series) (66 episodes)
– Ashes to Ashes (1998) … (creator)
– A Trace of Murder (1997) … (creator)
– Strange Bedfellows (1995) … (creator)
– Undercover (1994) … (creator)
– Butterfly in Shades of Grey (1993) … (creator)
See all 66 episodes »
 
1997 Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (TV movie)
(creator)
 
1984-1996 Murder, She Wrote (TV series) (264 episodes)
– Death by Demographics (1996) … (creator)
– Mrs. Parker's Revenge (1996) … (creator)
– What You Don't Know Can Kill You (1996) … (creator)
– Race to Death (1996) … (creator)
– Southern Double-Cross (1996) … (creator)
See all 264 episodes »
 
1995 The Cosby Mysteries (TV series) (1 episode)
– Last Tango (1995) … (creator)
 
1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV movie)
(written by)
 
1991 The Boys (TV movie)
(written by)
 
1990 Over My Dead Body (TV series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (1990) … (story)
 
Probe (TV series)
 
1988 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (TV movie)
(written by)
 
1988 Clue?? (video short)
(character) (uncredited)
 
1986 Vanishing Act (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1985 Guilty Conscience (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1984 The Guardian (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1984 The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (TV movie)
(story)
 
1983 Prototype (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1982 Take Your Best Shot (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1982 Rehearsal for Murder (TV movie)
(written by)
 
Darkroom (TV series)
 
1981 Crisis at Central High (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1979 Murder by Natural Causes (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1979 Stone (TV movie)
(story)
 
1977 The Storyteller (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1977 Rollercoaster
(screen story) (screenplay)
 
1977 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (TV movie)
(story)
 
1975-1976 Ellery Queen (TV series) (23 episodes)
– The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976) … (developed for television by)
– The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster (1976) … (developed for television by)
– The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep (1976) … (developed for television by)
– The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976) … (developed for television by)
– The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) … (developed for television by)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1975 The Hindenburg
(screen story)
 
1967-1975 Mannix (TV series) (194 episodes)
– Hardball (1975) … (creator)
– Search for a Dead Man (1975) … (creator)
– Design for Dying (1975) … (creator)
– Bird of Prey: Part 2 (1975) … (creator)
– Bird of Prey: Part 1 (1975) … (creator)
See all 194 episodes »
 
1974 The Gun (TV movie)
(story)
 
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1973 Savage (TV movie)
(teleplay)
 
1973 Tenafly (TV series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (1973) … (writer)
 
1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1972 That Certain Summer (TV movie)
(writer)
 
Banacek (TV series)
 
1971 Two on a Bench (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1971 Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster? (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1970 The Psychiatrist (TV series) (1 episode)
– God Bless the Children (Pilot) (1970) … (story)
 
1970 San Francisco International Airport (TV series) (1 episode)
– Crisis (1970) … (writer)
 
1970 McCloud (TV series) (1 episode)
– Who Killed Miss U.S.A.? (1970) … (teleplay)
 
1970 My Sweet Charlie (TV movie)
(writer)
 
1969 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series) (1 episode)
– The Whole World Is Watching (1969) … (writer)
 
1969 Trial Run (TV movie)
(story)
 
1968 Istanbul Express (TV movie)
(written by)
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series) (1 episode)
– The Taker (1968) … (written by)
 
1968 Prescription: Murder (TV movie)
(play) (teleplay)
 
1966 Jericho (TV series) (1 episode)
– Upbeat and Underground (1966) … (writer)
 
1965-1966 Honey West (TV series) (3 episodes)
– An Eerie, Airy, Thing (1966) … (written by)
– Invitation to Limbo (1965) … (written by)
– The Gray Lady (1965) … (written by)
 
1964-1965 The Fugitive (TV series) (2 episodes)
– Crack in a Crystal Ball (1965) … (writer)
– Tiger Left, Tiger Right (1964) … (writer)
 
1964-1965 Burke's Law (TV series) (3 episodes)
– Who Killed Mother Goose? (1965) … (writer)
– Who Killed Merlin the Great? (1964) … (writer)
– Who Killed Everybody? (1964) … (writer)
 
1964 The Rogues (TV series) (1 episode)
– The Boston Money Party (1964) … (writer)
 
1962-1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series) (5 episodes)
– Murder Case (1964) … (teleplay)
– Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (1963) … (teleplay)
– Dear Uncle George (1963) … (story and teleplay)
– Day of Reckoning (1962) … (teleplay)
– Captive Audience (1962) … (teleplay)
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series) (1 episode)
– The Best There Is (1964) … (story)
 
1963 The Third Man (TV series) (2 episodes)
– Ghost Town (1963) … (writer)
– A Diamond in the Rough (1963) … (writer)
 
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series) (1 episode)
– A Matter of Percentage (1963) … (writer)
 
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(segment "Tu ne deroberas point")
 
1961-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series) (2 episodes)
– Profit-Sharing Plan (1962) … (writer)
– Services Rendered (1961) … (writer)
 
1961-1962 Adventures in Paradise (TV series) (2 episodes)
– Hurricane Audrey (1962) … (teleplay)
– Show Me a Hero (1961) … (writer)
 
1960 Michael Shayne (TV series) (3 episodes)
– Murder in Wonderland (1960) … (teleplay)
– This Is It, Michael Shayne (1960) … (writer)
– Shoot the Works (1960) … (teleplay)
 
1960 The Chevy Mystery Show (TV series) (1 episode)
– Enough Rope (1960) … (writer)
 
1959-1960 Johnny Ringo (TV series) (3 episodes)
– Border Town (1960) … (written by)
– The Rain Man (1959) … (written by)
– Ghost Coach (1959) … (written by)
 
1959 The Rebel (TV series) (1 episode)
– Gun City (1959) … (writer)
 
1959 Black Saddle (TV series) (1 episode)
– The Deal (1959) … (writer)
 
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1995 The Cosby Mysteries (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Last Tango (1995)
 
1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1992 Whispers in the Dark (executive producer)
 
1991 The Boys (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Columbo (TV series) (supervising executive producer - 10 episodes, 1989-1990) (producer - 8 episodes, 1971-1990) (executive producer - 3 episodes, 1971-1989)
– Murder in Malibu (1990)
– Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990) … (uncredited)
– Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (1990)
– Agenda for Murder (1990)
– Columbo Cries Wolf (1990)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1989 Gideon Oliver (TV series) (supervising executive producer - 1 episode)
– Sleep Well, Professor Oliver (1989)
 
1989 Kojak: Ariana (TV movie) (executive producer, supervising producer)
 
1988 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
1987 Hard Copy (TV series) (co-executive producer - 1 episode)
– The Trouble with Kids Today (1987)
 
1985 Guilty Conscience (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 Murder, She Wrote (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– The Murder of Sherlock Holmes: Pilot (1984)
 
1983 Prototype (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1982 Take Your Best Shot (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1982 Rehearsal for Murder (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 Crisis at Central High (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1979 Murder by Natural Causes (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1977 The Storyteller (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1977 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Ellery Queen (TV series) (executive producer - 21 episodes, 1975-1976) (producer - 2 episodes, 1975)
– The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976)
– The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster (1976)
– The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep (1976)
– The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976)
– The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976)
See all 23 episodes »
 
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Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2003 Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (TV movie) (creator)
)
 
2000-2003 Columbo (TV series) (creator: "Columbo" - 2 episodes)
– Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003)
– Murder with Too Many Notes (2000)
 
2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (TV movie) (creator)
)
 
1988 Probe (TV series) (executive script coordinator - 1 episode)
– Computer Logic (1988)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV series) (1 episode)
Ben Sapelsky
– One Day at a Time (1994) … Ben Sapelsky
 
1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV movie)
Sapolsky
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Last Mogul (TV special documentary)
Himself
 

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Vintage '60 (1960). Musical revue. Book by Jack Wilson, Alan Jeffreys and Maxwell Grant. Additional Material By: David Rogers, Mickey Deems, Mark Bucci, Sheldon Harnick, David Baker, Phil Green, Tommy Garlock, Fred Ebb, Paul Klein, William Lanteau, Alice Clark, David Morton, Lee Goldsmith, Michael Ross, Barbara Heller, Fay DeWitt, Ronald Axe, William Link and Richard Levinson. Music arranged by Allyn Fergusen, Sid Ramin, Robert Ginzler, Peter Matz, Johnny Mandel, John Lesko and Gershon Kingsley. Musical Director: Gershon Kingsley. Scenic Design by Fred Voelpel. Choreographed by Jonathan Lucas. Production Supervised by Michael Ross. Comedy direction by Michael Ross. Directed by Jonathan Lucas. Brooks Atkinson Theatre: 12 Sep 1960- 17 Sep 1960 (8 performances). Cast: Vilma Auld, Larry Billman, Harvey Church, Bert Convy (as "Dino"), Fay DeWitt (as "Wife"), Mickey Deems, Barbara Heller, Emmaline Henry, Michele Lee (as "Singer"), Garrett Lewis, Sylvia Lewis, Bob Hevelone (as "Officer"), Dick Patterson, Bonnie Scott, Sue Sellors, Bob Trevis, Marc Wilder. Produced by David Merrick, George Skaff and Max Perkins. Produced in association with Zev Bufman. See more »

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