Murray Smith (writer)
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Murray Smith (14 June 1940 – 28 December 2003) was a British film and television writer and producer.
He created/wrote a number of British films and TV shows, including the ITV series The XYY Man, Strangers and Bulman. Smith also wrote scripts for TV series including The Sweeney, Minder, and Dempsey and Makepeace, and wrote two novels.[1]
Smith wrote five screenplays for British exploitation director Pete Walker.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Cool it Carol! | Writer |
| 1971 | Die Screaming, Marianne | Writer |
| 1972 | Four Dimensions of Greta | Writer |
| 1978 | The Comeback | Co-writer |
| 1979 | Home Before Midnight | Co-writer |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Confession | Writer | Episode - "Just as the Sun Was Rising" |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Writer | Episode - "Faces" |
| 1977 | The Mackinnons | Writer | Episode - "Money Matters" |
| 1977 | The XYY Man | Writer | 3 Episodes - "When We Were Very Greedy", "Now We Are Dead", "Whisper Who Dares" |
| 1978–1982 | Strangers | Creator/Writer | Creator/Writer (18 episodes) |
| 1979 | Hazell | Writer | Episode - "Hazell and the Public Enemy" |
| 1979 | Minder | Writer | Episode - "A Tethered Goat" |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Writer | Screenplay - "Children of the Full Moon" |
| 1980 | Closing Ranks | Writer | TV movie |
| 1983 | Chessgame | Writer | 4 Episodes - "Flying Blind", "Cold Wargame", "Enter Hassan", "The Alamut Ambush" |
| 1984 | Cold Warrior | Writer | 4 Episodes - "Bright Sting", "Dead Wrong", "The Man from Damascus", "Hook, Link and Sinker" |
| 1985–1986 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Writer | 4 Episodes - "Wheelman", "The Hit", "The Prizefighter", "Mantrap" |
| 1985–1987 | Bulman | Writer | 15 Episodes |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Writer | Episode - "The March of Time" |
| 1986 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Writer | Episode - "Pickup on Noon Street" |
| 1986 | The Alamut Ambush | Writer | TV movie |
| 1986 | Cold War Killers | Writer | TV movie - screenplay |
| 1989–1990 | The Paradise Club | Creator/Writer | Creator/Writer (16 episodes) |
| 1989–1990 | Frederick Forsyth Presents | Writer | Script - "A Casualty of War"/ Writer - "Death Has a Bad Reputation", "The Price of the Bride" |
| 1989 | Just Another Secret | Writer | TV movie |
| 1990 | A Little Piece of Sunshine | Writer | TV movie |
| 1999 | Extremely Dangerous | Writer | 4 Episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ "HOWWE MET: MURRAY SMITH AND FREDERICK FORSYTH". The Independent. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Murray Smith at IMDb
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