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Joel Steiger

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Birthday: Mar 11, 1942

Birthplace: New York City, New York USA

Joel Steiger loves a good mystery. A prolific writer and producer, he's worked on almost every major mystery and crime drama of the '80s and '90s, including "Matlock" and "Diagnosis Murder." Steiger started out as a writer-for-hire on prime-time soaps like "Dynasty" and "Knots Landing." After meeting fellow writer and producer Dean Hargrove on the action mystery series "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," Steiger would become a key figure in Hargrove's close-knit circle of writers and directors. During the late '80s, Steiger wrote and produced the popular "Perry Mason" series of TV movies, based on the courtroom drama starring Raymond Burr, and he helped Hargrove create "Jake and the Fatman," about the difficult relationship between a hard-nosed L.A. district attorney (William Conrad) and his easygoing investigative partner, Jake Styles (Joe Penny). Between 1986 and 1995, Steiger wrote and produced over 50 episodes of "Matlock" and served as a main staff writer on "Father Dowling Mysteries," about a Catholic priest (Tom Bosley) with a knack for discovering criminal activity. He later wrote and produced the "Jake and the Fatman" spin-off series, "Diagnosis Murder," with Dick Van Dyke playing a spry doctor who helps the police solve tough cases, and the TV movie sequel, "A Town Without Pity." Joel Steiger died on March 21, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 79.

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Highest-Rated Movies

Matlock: The Kidnapping
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20% A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
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Gramps
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25% Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
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Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
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Diary of a Perfect Murder
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33% A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
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56% Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity 2002 Writer Gramps 1995 Executive Producer A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle 20% 1994 Executive Producer A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor 33% 1994 Executive Producer Matlock: The Kidnapping 1994 Executive Producer Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo 25% 1992 Executive Producer Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun 56% 1986 Screenwriter Diary of a Perfect Murder 1986 Producer
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