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Richard Whitley

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Richard Whitley
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Richard Whitley's first job in Hollywood was playing a mutant in a Roger Corman movie. His mutant skills were so impressive B-movie legend Corman hired him to co-write the cult classic Rock 'n Roll High School. This lead to writing screenplays for Universal, Warner Bros., Tri-Star, United Artists, MGM, ABC Films, 20th Century Fox and Fox 2000, as well as scripts for producers Joel Silver and Stuart Cornfeld and directors Amy Heckerling and Joel Schumacher.

In television, Richard has written on the dramas, Space: Above & Beyond, Millennium, Roswell, The Others, Canterburys' Law, and ABC's Emmy nominated Homefront, the Emmy winning SYFY miniseries Taken, as well as writing pilots for CBS, Showtime and NBC/Dreamworks. He's also written on the comedies, Roseanne, Arli$$, The Daily Show and was a writer/producer on Michael Moore's Emmy nominated TV Nation. He's contributed to National Lampoon magazine and has written episodes of Disney's highly acclaimed animated series' Recess and Lloyd In Space, and the Hub Channel's Pound Puppies.

His most recent script has Brian Cox attached to play Santa Claus.

He also spent one Christmas with the Ramones and is more than happy to talk about it.
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    Known for

    Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, and Morgan Weisser in Space 2063 (1995)
    Space 2063
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Roswell (1999)
    Roswell
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Millennium (1996)
    Millennium
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    P.J. Soles, Clint Howard, Vincent Van Patten, and Dey Young in Le lycée des cancres (1979)
    Le lycée des cancres
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1979

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    • Michael Rapaport, Eric McCormack, and John DiMaggio in Pound Puppies (2010)
      Pound Puppies
      6.2
      TV Series
      • written by (as Rich Whitley)
      • 2012
    • Julianna Margulies in Canterbury's Law (2008)
      Canterbury's Law
      6.6
      TV Series
      • story
      • teleplay
      • 2008
    • Courtland Mead in Galaxie Lloyd (2001)
      Galaxie Lloyd
      6.6
      TV Series
      • staff writer
      • 2001–2002
    • Bill Cobbs, Missy Crider, Gabriel Macht, and Julianne Nicholson in Les Médiums (2000)
      Les Médiums
      7.6
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2000
    • Roswell (1999)
      Roswell
      7.5
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by
      • 2000
    • La Cour de récré (1997)
      La Cour de récré
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1999
    • Millennium (1996)
      Millennium
      7.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1998
    • John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Alicia Goranson, and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)
      Roseanne
      7.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay by
      • 1997
    • Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, and Morgan Weisser in Space 2063 (1995)
      Space 2063
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1996
    • TV Nation (1994)
      TV Nation
      6.5
      TV Series
      • additional writing
      • 1995
    • Pandemonium (1982)
      Pandemonium
      5.2
      • Writer
      • 1982
    • P.J. Soles, Clint Howard, Vincent Van Patten, and Dey Young in Le lycée des cancres (1979)
      Le lycée des cancres
      6.6
      • screenplay
      • 1979
    • Delta House (1979)
      Delta House
      5.4
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • 1979

    Producer



    • America: Freedom to Fascism (2006)
      America: Freedom to Fascism
      7.8
      • co-producer
      • 2006
    • TV Nation (1994)
      TV Nation
      6.5
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 1995
    • Pandemonium (1982)
      Pandemonium
      5.2
      • associate producer
      • 1982

    Additional Crew



    • La Cour de récré (1997)
      La Cour de récré
      7.8
      TV Series
      • additional dialogue
      • 1999
    • Homefront (1991)
      Homefront
      8.9
      TV Series
      • story editor
      • 1992–1993

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    Sick As Your Secrets
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    Sick As Your Secrets

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      • The Movie Blog Space:Above & Beyond "Dear Earth" review
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      • Rich Whitley
    • Other works
      Contributor to National Lampoon magazine

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