- Worley Thorne
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, includingscience fiction , fantasy, detective and mystery, legal,soap opera , medical, animal fiction and family drama.Early life
Thorne was born in
New York City ,New York , and raised in theBronx . He is a graduate of theCity College of New York , with a B.A. in English.Fact|date=November 2007Career
Thorne's work includes scripts for "", "
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 outEmmy Awards . He's an active member of theWriters 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 atColumbia College Hollywood ,Los Angeles , from 1974 to 1978, [American Film Institute , "Guide to College Courses in Film and Television",1978 , ISBN 0878660852] and for several years was a publicist representing entertainment industry, corporate and political clients. Thorne is currently (2008) completing a master's degree in English Literature.Credits
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Paramount Pictures
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**"Justice", November 9, 1987 (episode 1.8)
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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" (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)
*"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 2.10);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)References
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