Richard J. Collins
Richard J. Collins ( born July 20, 1914 in New York City; † February 14, 2013 in Ventura, California ) was an American screenwriter and television producer.
Life
Collins grew up as the son of fashion designer Harry Collins in Paris and New York. After finishing school in 1932 he studied for a semester at Stanford University, but had to cancel due to the Great Depression his studies. He went back to New York, devoted himself to the study of theater and was the Young Communist League. Finally, in 1935 he moved to Los Angeles where he began working as a screenwriter at the end of the decade.
Collins made his debut as a screenwriter in 1939 with the film ruler of the seas. There were other film productions, but in 1947 he was taken on the basis of his membership in the Communist Party on the black list and could not be more film business operates. He was charged twice before the Committee on Un-American Activities, the first time in 1947. During his second hearing in 1951 he gave the names of several award- sympathizers, including the Paul Jarrico, with whom he had previously worked together on several films. Due to this, he was allowed, again officially to work as a screenwriter.
1980 Collins distanced in an interview with Victor Navasky on whose book Naming Names on his own statement.
The screenplay for the film secret in the jungle (1953 ) meant his return to the movie business. The production was also his first collaboration with director Don Siegel, who still followed by some more movies by the end of the 1950s. So it was in 1956 involved in the development of the script to the Body Snatchers, but was not called for this in the credits. By the early 1960s, Collins was invariably active for television as a screenwriter.
From 1963, Collins was also active as a producer and worked on several television series. He was involved in more than 100 episodes of Bonanza in the period of 1968 to 1973 his last production Matlock was in the years 1987 to 1992 He then wrote two screenplays for diagnosis. Murder and then sat down to rest.
From 1939 to 1945 he was married to actress Dorothy Comingore. Together they had two children. 1949 was followed by a second marriage, which lasted until the death of the woman in 1991.