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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Karim Prince to Brad Renfro
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
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CREDITS
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Television Work
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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
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Specials
- Executive producer, The Best TV Shows That Never Were, ABC, 2004
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Episodic
- Directed episodes of Diagnosis Murder, CBS.
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WRITINGS
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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
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The Best TV Shows That Never Were, ABC, 2004
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Television Pilots
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The Cleaner, NBC, 2004
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Television Episodes (with Lee Goldberg)
- (And Burt Pearl and Steven L. Sears) "Haunted Highway," The Highwayman, NBC, 1988
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Murphy's Law, CBS, 1988-89
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Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii), NBC, 1989-90
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She Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990-91
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The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994
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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
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MISSING, Lifetime, 2000-2004
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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.
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Television Stories (with Lee Goldberg)
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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
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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
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