William Rabkin Biography ((?)-)

Addresses: Agent: The Stein Agency, 5125 Oakdale Ave., Woodland Hills,CA 91634.

Gender
Male
Occupation
Writer, producer, story editor, director

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Story editor, Hunter, NBC, 1984
  • Co-supervising producer, She Wolf of London (also known as Love& Curses), syndicated, 1990-91
  • Story editor, Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii), NBC, 1989-90
  • Producer, Likely Suspects, 1992
  • Supervising producer, SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1993
  • Producer and creative consultant, Cobra, syndicated, 1993
  • Supervising producer, The Cosby Mysteries, 1994
  • Supervising producer, Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1996-97
  • Co-executive producer, Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997-98
  • Executive producer, Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997-99
  • Executive producer, Martial Law, CBS, 1999-2000
  • Creative consultant, MISSING (also known as 1-800-Missing),Lifetime, 2003-2004
  • Specials
  • Executive producer, The Best TV Shows That Never Were, ABC, 2004
  • Episodic
  • Directed episodes of Diagnosis Murder, CBS.
  • WRITINGS
  • Television Specials
  • "Terror for Rent" and "Motel Hell," Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories, CBS, 1992
  • "Terror for Rent" and "Motel Hell," Real Ghosts III, UPN, 1996
  • The Best TV Shows That Never Were, ABC, 2004
  • Television Pilots
  • The Cleaner, NBC, 2004
  • Television Episodes (with Lee Goldberg)
  • (And Burt Pearl and Steven L. Sears) "Haunted Highway," The Highwayman, NBC, 1988
  • Murphy's Law, CBS, 1988-89
  • Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii), NBC, 1989-90
  • She Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990-91
  • The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994
  • Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1994-99
  • "The Car Mechanic," Deadly Games, UPN, 1995
  • "Chain of Command," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995
  • "Resurrection," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032),NBC, 1995
  • "Smoke on the Water," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995
  • "The Prince of Wails," Sliders, Fox, 1995
  • "That's a Moray! (aka Skeleton Garden)," Flipper (also known as The New Adventures of Flipper), PAX, 1995
  • "Sammo Blammo," Martial Law, CBS, 1999
  • "Final Conflict: Part 2," Martial Law, CBS, 2000
  • "Freefall," Martial Law, CBS, 2000
  • MISSING, Lifetime, 2000-2004
  • Nero Wolfe, Arts and Entertainment, 2001-2002
  • "Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico," Monk, USA Network, 2003
  • "Crossed Out," She Spies, syndicated, 2003
  • "Mr. Monk Meets the Godfather," Monk, USA Network, 2004
  • Also wrote "On Air," Hunter; Spenser: For Hire, ABC; Cobra, syndicated; Deadly Games.
  • Television Stories (with Lee Goldberg)
  • Episodic
  • "Haunted Highway," The Highwayman, NBC, 1988
  • (With Abbie Bernstein) "Nice Girls Don't," She Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990
  • (With Gabe Torres) "What's Got Into Them?," She Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1991
  • (With Arthur Sellers) "Beyond the Beyond," She Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1991
  • (With Dick Van Dyke) "Comedy Is Murder," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997
  • (With Gerry Conway) "Physician, Murder Thyself," Diagnosis Murder,CBS, 1997
  • "Murder, My Suite," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1999
  • Books
  • (With Lee Goldberg, Randy Lofficier, and Jean-Marc Lofficier) ScienceFiction Filmmaking in the 1980s: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writers, McFarland & Co., 1995
  • (With Randy Lofficier, Jean-Marc Lofficier, and Lee Goldberg, editors) The Dreamweavers: Interviews with Fantasy Filmmakers of the 1980s, McFarland & Co., 1995
  • (With Lee Goldberg) Successful Television Writing, Wiley, 2003