William Link(1933-2020)
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
William Link was born on 15 December 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Columbo (1971), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Rehearsal for Murder (1982). He was married to Margery Nelson. He died on 27 December 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 7 wins & 12 nominations total
Writer
- 2028
Producer
Additional Crew
- Official sites
- Alternative names
- Ted Leighton
- Born
- Died
- December 27, 2020
- Los Angeles, California, USA(congestive heart failure)
- Spouse
- Margery NelsonSeptember 5, 1980 - December 27, 2020 (his death)
- Other worksStage: Wrote additional material for "Vintage '60" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book by Jack Wilson, Alan Jeffreys and Maxwell Grant. Additional Material By: David Rogers, Mickey Deems, Mark Bucci, Sheldon Harnick, David Baker, Phil Green, Tommy Garlock, Fred Ebb, Paul Klein, William Lanteau, Alice Clark, David Morton, Lee Goldsmith, Michael Ross, Barbara Heller, Fay DeWitt, Ronald Axe, Richard Levinson. Music arranged by Allyn Ferguson, Sid Ramin, Robert Ginzler, Peter Matz, Johnny Mandel, John Lesko and Gershon Kingsley. Musical Director: Gershon Kingsley. Scenic Design by Fred Voelpel. Choreographed by Jonathan Lucas. Production Supervised by / Comedy Direction by Michael Ross. Directed by Jonathan Lucas. Brooks Atkinson Theatre: 12 Sep 1960-17 Sep 1960 (8 performances). Cast: Vilma Auld, Larry Billman, Harvey Church, Bert Convy (as "Dino"), Fay DeWitt (as "Wife"), Mickey Deems, Barbara Heller, Emmaline Henry, Michele Lee (as "Singer"), Garrett Lewis, Sylvia Lewis, Bob Hevelone (as "Officer"), Dick Patterson, Bonnie Scott, Sue Sellors, Bob Trevis, Marc Wilder. Produced by David Merrick, George Skaff and Max Perkins. Produced in association with Zev Bufman.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaHis lifelong collaboration with Richard Levinson began with their writing sketches together at summer camp, then at the Univ. of Pennsylvania in their native Philadelphia.
- Quotes[on if the Columbo character really has a first name]: No, he never had a first name. And I have to be honest with you, Dick (Levinson) and I didn't know what his first name was, either. We considered it. We had a pact with Peter, though, way back at the beginning, that we would never tell the audience his first name--we wanted to keep them intrigued.
- Nickname
- Bill
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