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Ward Hawkins(1912-1990)

  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Ward Hawkins was born on 29 December 1912 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was a writer, known for Secret Command (1944), Floods of Fear (1958) and Bonanza (1959). He died on 22 December 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornDecember 29, 1912
DiedDecember 22, 1990(77)
BornDecember 29, 1912
DiedDecember 22, 1990(77)
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Known for

Pat O'Brien and Carole Landis in Secret Command (1944)
Secret Command
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1944
Floods of Fear (1958)
Floods of Fear
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1958
Bonanza (1959)
Bonanza
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Little House on the Prairie
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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  • Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Little House on the Prairie
    7.6
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • written by
    • story by
    • 1974–1975
  • Robert Carradine, Mitch Brown, Jim Davis, Diana Douglas, Moses Gunn, Clint Howard, Sean Kelly, Kerry MacLane, A Martinez, and Clay O'Brien in The Cowboys (1974)
    The Cowboys
    6.7
    TV Series
    • story
    • teleplay
    • written by
    • 1974
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • teleplay by
    • story by ...
    • 1961–1973
  • Leif Erickson, Linda Cristal, Henry Darrow, Cameron Mitchell, and Mark Slade in The High Chaparral (1967)
    The High Chaparral
    7.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • story editor
    • 1968
  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • story
    • teleplay
    • 1962–1967
  • Richard Basehart and David Hedison in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    7.2
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1965–1967
  • Ron Ely in Tarzan (1966)
    Tarzan
    7.1
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1966
  • Burke's Law (1963)
    Burke's Law
    7.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1965
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1962–1965
  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
    7.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1965
  • Convoy (1965)
    Convoy
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1965
  • The Final Hour (1965)
    The Final Hour
    • story
    • 1965
  • Kraft Mystery Theater (1961)
    Kraft Mystery Theater
    7.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1963
  • Fred Astaire in Alcoa Premiere (1961)
    Alcoa Premiere
    7.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • from a story by
    • 1962
  • The Devil's Children (1962)
    The Devil's Children
    6.1
    • writer
    • 1962

Additional Crew

  • Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Little House on the Prairie
    7.6
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1974–1975
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1968–1969
  • Leif Erickson, Linda Cristal, Henry Darrow, Cameron Mitchell, and Mark Slade in The High Chaparral (1967)
    The High Chaparral
    7.6
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1967–1968

Script and Continuity Department

  • Leif Erickson, Linda Cristal, Henry Darrow, Cameron Mitchell, and Mark Slade in The High Chaparral (1967)
    The High Chaparral
    7.6
    TV Series
    • script consultant
    • 1967

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 29, 1912
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Died
    • December 22, 1990
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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    Brother of writer John Hawkins (1910-1973).

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