Worley Thorne

Worley Thorne is an American television screenwriter and executive script consultant. Thorne's work encompasses hourlong TV drama, and feature film scripts, in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, detective and mystery, legal, soap opera, medical, animal fiction and family drama.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Credits 4 References 5 External links

Early life

Thorne was born in New York City, New York, and raised in the Bronx, where he attended the Bronx High School of Science. He is a graduate of the City University of New York's City College, with a B.A. in English , and in May, 2011 received his M.A. from California State University Northridge, with Honors.

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. He adapted a screenplay in English, based on a French original, titled "Albert's Piano," for Italian producer Marcello Danon (best known for "La Cage Aux Folles.")

Thorne is a past Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the body which determines and gives out Emmy Awards. He's an active 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.

Credits

Paramount Pictures

• Star Trek: The Next Generation:
  • Justice, November 9, 1987 (episode 1.8)
• Star Trek: Phase II
  • Are Unheard Melodies Sweet? (series was unproduced by Paramount, in favor of making motion pictures of Star Trek)

Lorimar Television

• Dallas
  • 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 (debut episode 1.1)
  • 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 (episode 1.19)
  • Executive Script Consultant for series, Season 1
• The Lazarus Syndrome
• Cannon:
  • The Cure That 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 2.14)
  • Executive Script Consultant for series, Season 2

NBC-TV

• The Life and Times of 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)

References

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

 2. American Film Institute, Guide to College Courses in Film and Television, 1975, ISBN 0874910307

External links

• Worley Thorne at the Internet Movie Database
• Worley Thorne at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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