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Jim Carlson

1932 – 2007

American screenwriter

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Lived 1932 – 2007 (aged 74). Jim Carlson was an American screenwriter.

Jim Carlson (August 29, 1932 – August 25, 2007) was an American film and television writer. He has been involved in shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Emergency!, CHiPs and Battlestar Galactica, Spiral Zone, Beetlejuice, X-Men, the movie Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, and an ABC special based on The Mouse and the Motorcycle. He often collaborated with writer Terrence McDonnell.

Screenwriting credits Television series head writer denoted in bold Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970) Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (1970) Adam-12 (1973) Emergency! (1975) The Jeffersons (1975) Gemini Man (1976) The Six Million Dollar Man (1976) Battlestar Galactica (1978) CHiPs (1978) The Bionic Woman (1978) The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1978) Magnum, P.I. (1981) Kidd Video (1984) The Love Boat (1984) Riptide (1985) The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986) Spiral Zone (1987) Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1989) The New Adventures of He-Man (1990) Peter Pan & the Pirates (1991) James Bond Jr. (1991) Goof Troop (1992) X-Men (1992) The Pink Panther (1993) Exosquad (1994)

Films Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988)

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Who was Jim Carlson?

American screenwriter (1932-2007)

When was Jim Carlson born?

Jim Carlson was born on 29 August 1932.

When did Jim Carlson die?

Jim Carlson died on 25 August 2007.

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Jim Carlson was a screenwriter.

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Jim Carlson was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jim Carlson

· Wikidata: Q6194052

· DBpedia: Jim Carlson (screenwriter)

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