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Christopher Knopf(1927-2019)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Christopher Knopf
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Christopher Knopf was born on 20 December 1927 in New York, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for CBS Summer Playhouse (1987), The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) and Scott Joplin (1977). He was married to Lorraine Davies Knopf and Bettie McKeehan. He died on 13 February 2019 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornDecember 20, 1927
DiedFebruary 13, 2019(91)
BornDecember 20, 1927
DiedFebruary 13, 2019(91)
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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 6 wins & 10 nominations total

Known for

CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
CBS Summer Playhouse
6.6
TV Series
  • Writer
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer
Scott Joplin (1977)
Scott Joplin
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1977
Sarah Jessica Parker, Debrah Farentino, James Wilder, George DiCenzo, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, and Jon Tenney in Equal Justice (1990)
Equal Justice
6.7
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)

Credits

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Writer

  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Debrah Farentino, James Wilder, George DiCenzo, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, and Jon Tenney in Equal Justice (1990)
    Equal Justice
    6.7
    TV Series
    • created by
    • written by
    • teleplay by ...
    • 1990–1991
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
    CBS Summer Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • pilot
    • 1988
  • Baby Girl Scott (1987)
    Baby Girl Scott
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1987
  • Prison for Children (1987)
    Prison for Children
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1987
  • Home
    3.2
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1987
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1986
  • Not My Kid (1985)
    Not My Kid
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • story
    • 1985
  • Pope John Paul II (1984)
    Pope John Paul II
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1984
  • Brian Dennehy and Doug McKeon in Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979)
    Big Shamus, Little Shamus
    6.5
    TV Series
    • developed for television by
    • writen by
    • created by
    • 1979–1981
  • Peter and Paul (1981)
    Peter and Paul
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • story
    • 1981
  • The Choirboys (1977)
    The Choirboys
    5.6
    • screenplay by
    • 1977
  • Jaclyn Smith in Escape from Bogen County (1977)
    Escape from Bogen County
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • story
    • 1977
  • Scott Joplin (1977)
    Scott Joplin
    6.4
    • written by
    • 1977
  • Posse (1975)
    Posse
    6.5
    • screenplay by
    • story by
    • 1975
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Foxworth, Arthur Hunnicutt, and L.Q. Jones in Mrs. Sundance (1974)
    Mrs. Sundance
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1974

Producer

  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Debrah Farentino, James Wilder, George DiCenzo, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, and Jon Tenney in Equal Justice (1990)
    Equal Justice
    6.7
    TV Series
    • co-executive producer
    • 1990–1991
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
    CBS Summer Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1988
  • Stuart Whitman in Cimarron Strip (1967)
    Cimarron Strip
    7.1
    TV Series
    • supervising producer
    • executive producer
    • 1967–1968

Actor

  • Night Into Morning (1951)
    Night Into Morning
    6.8
    • Camera Clerk (uncredited)
    • 1951

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Personal details

  • Born
    • December 20, 1927
    • New York, New York, USA
  • Died
    • February 13, 2019
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Lorraine Davies KnopfJune 21, 1975 - February 13, 2019 (his death)
  • Parents
    • Edwin H. Knopf
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Co-wrote a western pilot titled "Mountain Man" about a Rocky Mountain fur trading station in the 1840s.
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    (1965-1967) President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw)
  • Nickname
    • Chris

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