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Richard Leighton Levinson (August 7, 1934 – March 12, 1987) was an American screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Life and career. Levinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in 1956.
Mar 13, 1987 · Richard Levinson, who with his boyhood partner William Link, wrote some of the most memorable and profitable programs in television history, died early Thursday at his Brentwood home of an...
Richard Levinson and William Link were a prolific and award-winning team of American TV producers and writers who created shows like Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. They also wrote feature films and made-for-TV movies, and used the pseudonym "Ted Leighton" on some projects.
Schoolfriends William Link and Richard Levinson, inspired by Porfiry Petrovich in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and the books of GK Chesterton, had already used Lt Columbo on stage with...
Sep 26, 2022 · While creators William Link and Richard Levinson liked Falk, they didn't want to have to go to him for script approval. At the same time, Falk didn't want anyone to compromise the quality of the...
Feb 17, 2018 · But what many casual fans don’t realise is that Columbo, the character, was created by William Link and Richard Levinson nearly a decade earlier and had already graced both the stage and screen long before Peter Falk assumed the beige raincoat and ever-lit cigar.
Jan 15, 2021 · Link, who died Dec. 27, worked with Richard Levinson to write classic TV shows, as well as groundbreaking TV movies about social issues. Originally broadcast in 1989.
