William Woolfolk
William Woolfolk (June 25, 1917 – July 20, 2003) was an American writer known for his range of writing output, having achieved success in the areas of comic books, novels, and television screenwriting. A graduate of New York University, Woolfolk went to work in advertising before joining the comic book industry in the 1940s.[1]
William Woolfolk
June 25, 1917
Center Moriches, New York, U.S.
July 20, 2003 (aged 86)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Novelist
American
Inkpot Award 2002
Joanna Martine Woolfolk
Television writer[edit]
Woolfolk became a TV screenwriter, primarily working on the courtroom drama The Defenders, where he also was a script editor. A 1965 episode he wrote, "All the Silent Voices", was one of the first to deal with birth control.[3] In 1964, he was nominated for Writers Guild of America award in 1964[9] for Episodic TV Drama for The Defenders episode "A Book for Burning".[1]
He also worked on the crime drama Arrest and Trial, a show that was a forerunner of Law & Order. In the first half of each 90-minute episode, a detective (Ben Gazzara) investigated a crime, while in the second half, a member of the District Attorney's office (Chuck Connors) tried the case. The series lasted only one season in 1963–1964.[10]