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William Link

Highest Rated: 31% The Hindenburg (1975)

Lowest Rated: 31% The Hindenburg (1975)

Birthday: Dec 15, 1933

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

A television writer, producer, and show creator with a prolific career, William Link had an incredibly long collaboration with fellow writer-producer Richard Levinson, whom Link met at camp during his youth. Link began writing for TV in the late 1950s, and, during the '60s, he wrote for numerous programs, including such notables as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "The Fugitive." In '67, he and Levinson created the violent detective thriller "Mannix," starring Mike Connors as Joe Mannix, and the series lasted eight seasons. During that run, he and Levinson teamed up for their first award, co-writing the '70 TV movie drama "My Sweet Charlie," which starred Patty Duke. They won an Emmy for writing, and the film was also nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Program. The following year, Link and Levinson created the detective classic "Columbo," which immortalized its star, Peter Falk. Link wrote and supervised the show over the span of its first eight years during the '70s, and then again during its second run, which began in '89. But Link and Levinson's biggest career success was arguably the crime mystery they created in '84, the Angela Lansbury-starring mega-hit, "Murder, She Wrote," about an amateur sleuth. The series was nominated for dozens of Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series in '85. William Link died on December 27, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 87.

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Highest-Rated Movies

31% 39% The Hindenburg
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Columbo: Agenda for Murder
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The Gun
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82% Columbo: Caution, Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
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Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
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Take Your Best Shot
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Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
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The Cosby Mysteries
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Too Many Suspects
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80% Columbo
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Filmography

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The Cosby Mysteries 1994 Sapolsky Actor, Executive Producer Columbo: Caution, Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health 82% 1991 Creator Columbo: Agenda for Murder 1990 Creator Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown 1990 Producer Kojak: Ariana 1989 Executive Producer Columbo Goes to the Guillotine 1989 Creator B.L. Stryker: Carolann 1989 Executive Producer Take Your Best Shot 1982 Producer Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging 1977 Executive Producer Too Many Suspects 1975 Producer The Hindenburg 31% 39% 1975 Screenwriter The Gun 1974 Producer The Judge and Jake Wyler 1972 Producer That Certain Summer 1972 Producer Two on a Bench 1971 Producer My Sweet Charlie 1970 Producer Columbo 80% 1968 Screenwriter
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