Worley Thorne

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Worley Thorne is an American scriptwriter and executive script consultant. Thorne's work is mainly in the hourlong drama, encompassing a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, detective and mystery, legal, soap opera, medical, animal fiction and family drama.

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[edit] Early life

Thorne was born in New York City, New York, and raised in the Bronx. He is a graduate of the City College of New York, with a B.A. in English.[citation needed]

[edit] Career

Thorne's work includes scripts for Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Paper Chase, Fantasy Island, Dallas, Barnaby Jones, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, Doctors' Private Lives, and others.

Thorne is a past Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the body which determines and gives out Emmy Awards, and as a member of the Writers Guild of America, west, was chairman of several Guild committees and involved in aiding in organization and supervision of past strikes by the union. Thorne taught screenwriting at Columbia College Hollywood, Los Angeles, from 1974 to 1978,[1] and for several years was a publicist representing entertainment industry, corporate and political clients.

[edit] Credits

Paramount Pictures
Lorimar Television
  • The Kristin Affair, October 19, 1979 (episode 3.5)
  • Runaway, October 28, 1978 (episode 2.7)
ABC-TV
  • Fantasy Island:
    • The Pirate, September 23, 1979 (episode 2.2)
    • I Want to Get Married, October 21, 1978 (episode 2.5)
    • The Swinger, February 9, 1980 (episode 3.19)
    • Crescendo, December 20, 1980 (episode 4.8)
    • The Devil’s Triangle, May 2, 1981 (episode 4.21)
    • To Fly With Eagles, January 21, 1984 #144 (episode 7.12)
  • Charlie's Angels:
    • Game Set, Death, January 4, 1978 (episode 2.14)
  • Doctors' Private Lives:
    • Buddy System
  • Westside Medical:
    • The Sound of Sunlight
    • (Executive Script Consultant for series)
  • Swiss Family Robinson:
    • The Captain, November 30, 1975 (episode 1.12)
CBS-TV
  • Blade in Hong Kong, Movie, Becker Enterprises, Creative Consultant
  • The Paper Chase:
    • The Tables Down at Ernie’s, March 27, 1979 #19
  • The Lazarus Syndrome
  • Cannon:
    • The Cure the Kills, February 20, 1974 (episode 3.21)
    • Moving Target January 13, 1973 (episode 2.17)
  • Barnaby Jones:
    • The Marathon Murders, February 17, 1977 (episode 5.16)
    • The Lonely Victims, January 8, 1976 (episode 4.16)
  • Apple's Way:
    • The Real Thanksgiving, November 24, 1974 (episode 2.10)
    • The Outing, January 5, 1975 (episode 2.10)
NBC-TV
  • Grizzly Adams
    • Track of the Cougar, December 14, 1977, (episode 2.21)
  • The Seekers January 25, 1978
  • The Bionic Woman:
    • Jamie's Mother, March 24, 1976 (episode 1.8)

[edit] References

  1. ^ American Film Institute, Guide to College Courses in Film and Television, 1978, ISBN 0878660852

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