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Jack B. Sowards(1929-2007)

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Jack B. Sowards was born on 18 March 1929 in Texarkana, Arkansas, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Star Trek II : La Colère de Khan (1982), Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987) and Les rues de San Francisco (1972). He died on 8 July 2007 in Valley Village, California, USA.
BornMarch 18, 1929
DiedJuly 8, 2007(78)
BornMarch 18, 1929
DiedJuly 8, 2007(78)
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  • Awards
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II : La Colère de Khan (1982)
Star Trek II : La Colère de Khan
7.7
  • Writer
  • 1982
Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987)
Star Trek: La nouvelle génération
8.7
TV Series
  • Writer
Les rues de San Francisco (1972)
Les rues de San Francisco
7.3
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969)
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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  • Falcon Crest (1981)
    Falcon Crest
    6.2
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • 1982
  • Les rues de San Francisco (1972)
    Les rues de San Francisco
    7.3
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • 1975–1977
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • story editor
    • 1970–1973
  • Erika Peters in Les Héros meurent jeunes (1960)
    Les Héros meurent jeunes
    4.5
    • dialogue director (as Jack Sowards)
    • 1960

Writer

  • Inglorious Treksperts: An 4:30 Movie Podcast (2018)
    Inglorious Treksperts: An 4:30 Movie Podcast
    8.4
    Podcast Series
    • excerpt screenplay Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    • 2024
  • Burt Reynolds in Un privé nommé Stryker (1989)
    Un privé nommé Stryker
    6.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1990
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987)
    Star Trek: La nouvelle génération
    8.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1988
  • As the World Turns (1956)
    As the World Turns
    6.3
    TV Series
    • co-head writer
    • 1985
  • Stacy Keach in Mike Hammer (1984)
    Mike Hammer
    6.8
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1984
  • Hooker (1982)
    Hooker
    6.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1983
  • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II : La Colère de Khan (1982)
    Star Trek II : La Colère de Khan
    7.7
    • screenplay by
    • story by
    • 1982
  • Chad Everett in Hagen (1980)
    Hagen
    5.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1981
  • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
    6.9
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1974–1979
  • Desperate Women (1978)
    Desperate Women
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Les rues de San Francisco (1972)
    Les rues de San Francisco
    7.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • written by
    • 1973–1977
  • Death Cruise (1974)
    Death Cruise
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1974
  • John Forsythe in Le mort à disparu (1974)
    Le mort à disparu
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1974
  • La rançon fatale (1973)
    La rançon fatale
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1973
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • executive story consultant
    • written by ...
    • 1968–1972

Producer

  • Burt Reynolds in Un privé nommé Stryker (1989)
    Un privé nommé Stryker
    6.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1989–1990
  • Stacy Keach in Mike Hammer (1984)
    Mike Hammer
    6.8
    TV Series
    • supervising producer
    • 1984–1985
  • Chad Everett in Hagen (1980)
    Hagen
    5.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1980–1981

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jack Sowards
  • Born
    • March 18, 1929
    • Texarkana, Arkansas, USA
  • Died
    • July 8, 2007
    • Valley Village, California, USA(complications from ALS)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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    Taught screen writing classes at Santa Monica College and U.C.L.A. where he met Whitney Scott Bain who became his star pupil and good friend.

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