William Blinn Biography (1937-)

Full name, William Frederick Blinn; born July 21, 1937, in Toledo, OH; son ofClare Allen and Pearl Ariel (maiden name, Schaeffer) Blinn; married Annele Marie Louise Lagerborn, March 25, 1965 (marriage ended); married Patricia Rust(a producer and writer), May 17, 1997; children: (first marriage) Christopher Andrew, Anneliese Mae. Addresses: Agent: Len Rosenberg, William Morris Agency, 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, writer
Birth Details: July 21, 1937; Toledo, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Creator, The Interns, 1970
Creator and producer, The Rookies, ABC, 1972-1973
Creator and executive producer, The New Land, ABC, 1974
Creator, Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
Creator, Eight Is Enough, ABC, 1977
Executive producer (with Jerry Thorpe), The Lazarus Syndrome, ABC,1979
Executive producer (with Thorpe and Mace Neufeld), The American Dream (also known as The Novacks), ABC, 1981
Executive producer, Fame, NBC, 1982-1983, syndicated, 1983-1984
Executive producer, The City, ABC, 1986
Executive producer (with Thorpe), Our House, NBC, 1987-1988
Executive producer, Half 'n' Half, ABC, 1988
Creator and executive producer, The Boys of Twilight, CBS, 1992
Creator and executive producer, Heaven Help Us, syndicated, 1994
Creator and executive producer, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated, 1997
Creator, Reyes y Rey, Telemundo, 1998
Also producer of The Wonderful World of Disney, NBC.
Miniseries
Producer (with Jerry Thorpe), The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove, ABC, 1979
Executive producer, "Wild Jack" (also known as "Jack of the Wild," "McCall!," and "McCall of the Wild"), The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989
Television Executive Producer
Movies
(With Jerry Thorpe) "All God's Children," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1980
(With Thorpe) Happy Endings (also known as House of Cards),NBC, 1983
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion, 1987
"Davy Crockett" (also known as "Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder"),The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1988
"The Absent-Minded Professor," The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1988
"Polly," The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989
"The Outside Woman," CBS Movie of the Week, ABC, 1989
Parent Trap III, 1989
Appearances, NBC, 1990
Polly Comin' Home! (also known as Polly--One More Time!), NBC, 1990
Television Producer
Movies
(With Jerry Thorpe) A Question of Love (also known as A PurelyLegal Matter), NBC, 1978
Sticking Together, 1978
Television Work
Pilots
Creator, Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
Producer (with Jerry Thorpe), Stickin' Together (also known as Wonderland Cove), ABC, 1978
Executive producer, Bridges to Cross, CBS, 1986
Creator and executive producer, Aaron's Way, NBC, 1988
Stage Work

Producer of The Wonder Years--A Baby Boom Musical Revue.
WRITINGS
Television Series
Here Come the Brides, multiple episodes, between 1968 and 1969
The Rookies, ABC, multiple episodes, between 1972 and 1974
Television Episodes
(With Michael Gleason) "Incident of the Portrait," Rawhide, 1962
"The Man on the Couch," My Favorite Martian, CBS, 1963
"A Nose for News," My Favorite Martian, CBS, 1964
"The Debt," Bonanza, 1965
(With Suzanne Clauser) "A Natural Wizard," Bonanza, 1965
"All Ye His Saints," Bonanza, 1965
Shane, ABC, 1966
(With Jo Pagano and Dan Ullman) "The Unwritten Commandment," Bonanza, 1966
"Spirit Woman," Custer, 1967
"Plunder!," The Big Valley, 1967
"Wonder," Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon), 1967
"The Vise," The Invaders, ABC, 1968
"A Joyful Noise," The High Chaparral, 1968
"The Quality of Mercy," The Interns, 1970
"Death Wish," The Interns, 1970
"Miss Knock-a-bout," The Interns, 1970
"The Casualty," The Interns, 1971
"That Lonesome Old Caboose," Our House, NBC, 1986
(With Robert Lenski) "Take a Cup of Kindness," Bridges to Cross, CBS, 1986
"Yesterday, upon the Stair," Bridges to Cross, CBS, 1986
"A Theory of Dark Thunder," Bridges to Cross, CBS, 1986
Premiere episode, The Boys of Twilight, CBS, 1992
Premiere episode, Heaven Help Us, syndicated, 1994
"Yesterday, upon the Stair...: Parts 1 & 2," Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated, 1997
"Acceptable Casualties," Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated, 1997
(With wife, Patricia Rust) "Stranger, Lover, Friend," Pensacola: Wingsof Gold, syndicated, 1998
Also wrote episodes of The American Dream (also known as The Novacks), ABC; Eight Is Enough, ABC; and Fame, NBC.
Television Miniseries
(With Ernest Kinoy, James Lee, and M. Charles Cohen) Roots, ABC, 1977
A Man Called Intrepid, NBC, 1979
The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove, ABC, 1979
"Wild Jack" (also known as "Jack of the Wild," "McCall!," and "McCall ofthe Wild"), The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989
Television Movies
"Brian's Song," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1971
A Question of Love (also known as A Purely Legal Matter), NBC, 1978
"An Eclipse of Reason," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1980
Happy Endings (also known as House of Cards), NBC, 1983
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion, 1987
"Davy Crockett" (also known as "Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder"),The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1988
"Polly," The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989
"The Outside Woman," CBS Movie of the Week, ABC, 1989
Appearances, NBC, 1990
Polly Comin' Home! (also known as Polly--One More Time!), NBC, 1990
The Boys Next Door, CBS, 1996
Television Pilots
The Rookies, ABC, 1972
Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
Hunter, CBS, 1976
Stickin' Together (also known as Wonderland Cove), ABC, 1978
The Lazarus Syndrome, ABC, 1979
For Heaven's Sake, ABC, 1979
The Naturals, NBC, 1983
The City, ABC, 1986
Bridges to Cross, CBS, 1986
Aaron's Way, NBC, 1988
Half 'n' Half, ABC, 1988
Screenplays
Purple Rain, Warner Bros., 1984
Books
Brian's Song, Bantam, 1983

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The television movie "All God's Children," featured on ABC Movie of the Week in 1980 was based on a story by Blinn. A remake of his televisionmovie Brian's Song was broadcast by ABC in 2001.

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