Samuel A. Peeples

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Samuel Anthony Peeples 1917 - 27 August 1997 was an American writer. He published several novels in the Western genre, often under the pen name Brad Ward, before moving into series television after being given a script assignment by Frank Gruber. He is known to Star Trek fans for his script for the the second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before".[1] He also did some uncredited writing for the film Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.

He died of cancer in 1997.

1 Novels
2 Films
3 Television scripts
4 TV movies
5 See also
6 External link

[edit] Novels

The Hanging Hills (as Brad Ward) (1953)
Johnny Sundance (as Brad Ward) (1953)
Desert Showdown(as Brad Ward) (1954)
The Marshal Of Medicine Bend (as Brad Ward) (1954)
The Lobo Horseman (1955) aka (The Lobo Horseman: Was he the last threat to Dynamite Valley?)
The Call of the Gun (1955)
The Man from Andersonville (1956) (as Brad Ward)
Terror At Tres Alamos (1956)
Doc Colt (1957)
The Man Who Died Twice (1976)

[edit] Films

Advance to the Rear (with William Bowers) 1967
Final Chapter: Walking Tall (with Howard B. Kreitzek) 1977

[edit] Television scripts

Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
- "The Bounty"
- "Rawhide Breed"
- "Bounty for a Bride"
The Rifleman 1958
- "Episode with Vic Morrow"
Bonanza 1959
- "The Saddle Stiff"
Overland Trail 1960
- "Daughter of the Sioux"
- "First Stage to Denver"
- "High Bridge"
- "The Most Dangerous Gentleman"
- "Vigilantes of Montana"
- "Westbound Stage"
Burke's Law 1963
The Rogues 1964
- "Our Men in Marawat"
A Man Called Shenandoah 1965
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
Star Trek 1966
- "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
Star Trek: The Animated Series 1973
- "Beyond the Farthest Star"