Lawrence O'Donnell Biography (1951?-)
Full name, Lawrence Francis O'Donnell, Jr.; born November 7, 1951 (some sources cite 1955), in Boston, MA; son of Lawrence Francis (an attorney) and Frances Marie (an office manager; maiden name, Buckley) O'Donnell; married KathrynHunter Harrold (an actress), 1994; children: Elizabeth Buckley Harrold. Addresses: Agent: Chris Silbermann, Broder/Webb/Chervin/Silbermann, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, writer
- Birth Details
- November 7, 1951?
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Work
- Series
- Technical consultant, Feds, CBS, 1997
- Coproducer, The West Wing (also known as West Wing), NBC, 2000
- Producer, The West Wing (also known as West Wing), NBC, 2000-2001
- Supervising producer, First Monday, CBS, 2002
- Creator and executive producer, Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003
- Executive producer, The West Wing (also known as West Wing), NBC, 2005-2006
- Executive story editor for the series The West Wing (also known asWest Wing), NBC.
- Movies
- Associate producer, A Case of Deadly Force, CBS, 1986
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Senior political analyst, MSNBC Live (also known as MSNBC Dayside and MSNBC Right Now), MSNBC, beginning c. 1996
- Movies
- (As Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.) Judge Leggett, Mrs. Harris, HBO, 2005
- Specials
- (As Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.) Himself, Politics: A Pop Culture History, VH1, 2004
- Episodic
- Dr. Bartlet, "Two Cathedrals," The West Wing (also known as West Wing), NBC, 2001
- (As Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.) Judge Franklin Brown, "Goodbye," The Practice, ABC, 2003
- While billed as Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr., appeared as Judge Calloway in "Privileged," an unaired episode of The Lyon's Den, NBC, 2003.
- Television Guest Appearances
- Episodic
- Scarborough Country, MSNBC, 2004
- Dennis Miller, CNBC, multiple appearances, 2004 and 2005
- The Al Franken Show, Sundance Channel, multiple appearances, 2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (also known as The LateLate Show), CBS, 2005
- Weekends at the DL, Comedy Central, 2005
- Appeared in ABC News Nightline (also known as Nightline), ABC; The CBS Morning Show, CBS; Charlie Rose, PBS; Good Morning America (also known as GMA), ABC; The McLaughlin Group,PBS; and Today (also known as NBC News Today and The Today Show), NBC. Appeared in episodes of other series, including programs hosted by Phil Donahue and Larry King.
- Television Appearances
- Pilots
- (As Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.) Lee Hatcher, Big Love, HBO, 2006
- Radio Appearances
- Episodic
- Himself, The Al Franken Show, Air America Radio, multiple episodesin 2005
- WRITINGS
- Teleplays
- with Others; Series
- The West Wing (also known as West Wing), NBC, 2000, 2004-2005
- Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003
- with Others; Episodic
- "Right to Die," First Monday, CBS, 2002
- Several episodes of the television series The West Wing (also known as West Wing), NBC were based on stories by O'Donnell.
- with Others; Pilots
- Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003
- Screenplays
- (With Paul Redford) The Crusaders (based on a book by Jack Greenberg), New Line Cinema, 2007
- Nonfiction
- Deadly Force: The Wrongful Death of James Bouden, Jr.; A True Story ofHow a Badge Can Become a License to Kill, William Morrow and Company, 1983
- Contributor to periodicals, including Boston, New York Times, and Vanity Fair.
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- The television movie A Case of Deadly Force was based on O'Donnell's book Deadly Force: The Wrongful Death of James Bouden, Jr.; A True Story of How a Badge Can Become a License to Kill.