Levinson & Link

Richard Levinson and William Link were American television writers and producers who collaborated for 43 years, until Levinson's death. They wrote for the CBS anthology drama The DuPont Show with June Allyson,[1] and they created classic television detective series such as Columbo; Mannix; Ellery Queen; and Murder, She Wrote; and made-for-TV movies including The Gun, My Sweet Charlie, That Certain Summer, The Judge and Jake Wyler, The Execution of Private Slovik, Charlie Cobb: A Nice Night for a Hanging, Murder by Natural Causes, Rehearsal for Murder, and Guilty Conscience. They also collaborated on two feature films: The Hindenburg (1975) and Rollercoaster (1977).

Levinson and Link occasionally used the pseudonym "Ted Leighton", most notably on the telefilm Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You, where their work was substantially re-written by other hands,[2] and Columbo when they came up with stories to be scripted by their collaborators.

In 1979, Levinson and Link received a Special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for their work on Ellery Queen and Columbo. During the 1980s, they were three-time winners of the Edgar for Best TV Feature or MiniSeries Teleplay, and in 1989 they were given the Mystery Writers of America's Ellery Queen Award, which honors outstanding mystery writing teams. In November 1995, they were jointly elected to the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Credits

Year Title Creator Producer/Executive Producer Writer Notes
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse No No Yes Episode: "Chain of Command"
1959 General Motors Presents No No Yes 2 episodes
1959-1960 Johnny Ringo No No Yes 3 episodes
1959 Black Saddle No No Yes Episode: "The Deal"
1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson No No Yes Episode: "The Crossing"
1959 The Rebel No No Yes Episode: "Gun City"
1960 Richard Diamond, Private Detective No No Yes Episode: "Seven Swords"
1960 The Chevy Mystery Show No No Yes Episode: "Enough Rope"
1960-1961 Michael Shayne No No Yes 6 episodes
1961 The Brothers Brannagan No No Yes Episode: "Mistaken Identity"
1961-1962 Adventures in Paradise No No Yes 2 episodes
1961-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents No No Yes 2 episodes
1962-1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour No No Yes 5 episodes
1963 Stoney Burke No No Yes Episode: "A Matter of Percentage"
1963 The Third Man No No Yes 2 episodes
1963 Dr. Kildare No No Yes 2 episodes
1964 Arrest and Trial No No Yes Episode: "The Best There Is"
1964 The Rogues No No Yes Episode: "The Boston Money Party"
1964-1965 Burke's Law No No Yes 3 episodes
1964-1965 The Fugitive No No Yes 2 episodes
1965-1966 Honey West No No Yes 4 episodes
1966-1967 Jericho Yes No No Created with Merwin A. Bloch
1967-1975 Mannix Yes No No
1968 Prescription: Murder No No Yes Television film; backdoor pilot for Columbo
1968 Istanbul Express No No Yes Television film
1968 The Name of the Game No No Yes 2 episodes
1969 Trial Run No No Yes Television film
1969 The Whole World Is Watching No No Yes Television film
1970 My Sweet Charlie No Yes Yes Television film
1970 McCloud No No Yes Episode: "Portrait of a Dead Girl"
1970 San Francisco International Airport No No Yes Episode: "Crisis"
1970 The Psychiatrist No No Yes Episode: "God Bless the Children"
1971 Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? No No Yes Television film
1971 Ransom for a Dead Man No No Yes Television film; second Columbo pilot
1971-2003 Columbo Yes Yes Yes Series continued after Levinson's death
1971 Two on a Bench No Yes Yes Television film
1971 Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You No No Yes Television film; credited as "Ted Leighton"
1972 That Certain Summer No Yes Yes Television film
1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler No Yes Yes Television film
1973 Tenafly Yes Yes Yes
1973 Savage No Yes Yes Television film
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik No Yes Yes Television film
1974 The Gun No Yes Yes Television film
1975 The Hindenburg No No Yes Theatrical film
1975-1976 Ellery Queen Yes Yes Yes
1977 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging No Yes Yes Television film
1977 Rollercoaster No No Yes Theatrical film
1977 The Storyteller No Yes Yes Television film
1979 Murder by Natural Causes No Yes Yes Television film
1979-1980 Stone Yes No Yes Created with Stephen J. Cannell
1981 Crisis at Central High No Yes Yes Television film
1982 Darkroom No No Yes Episode: "Exit Line"
1982 Rehearsal for Murder No Yes Yes Television film
1982 Take Your Best Shot No Yes Yes Television film
1983 Prototype No Yes Yes Television film
1984-1996 Murder, She Wrote Yes Yes Yes Created with Peter S. Fischer, series continued after Levinson's death
1984 The Guardian No Yes Yes Television film
1985 Guilty Conscience No Yes Yes Television film
1986 Vanishing Act No Yes Yes Television film
1986 Blacke's Magic Yes No Yes Created with Peter S. Fischer
1987 Hard Copy Yes No Yes Created with Daniel Pyne, only Link produced
1988 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami No Yes Yes Television film

See also

References

  1. ^ Marc, David; Thompson, Robert J. (1995). Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law—America's Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Them. Syracuse University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-8156-0311-5. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Fischer, Peter S. (2016). Me and Murder She Wrote. p. 46. ISBN 978-1530944361.
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