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, but did not graduate. He had written for the television series '' The Big Story'', '' Naked City'', '' The Doctors and the Nurses'', ''

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'' and '' N.Y.P.D.'', which he created with

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. Perl also co-wrote the screenplay for ''

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'' (1970), actor

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' film directing debut. Perl also wrote the play ''Tevye and his Daughters''. Perl also wrote and directed the documentary film ''

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'' (1972). Perl died in 1971. He was nominated posthumously for the

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for his work on the film in 1973. Perl's script for the film was later re-written by

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for his

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.Bernard Weinraub
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''The New York Times'', November 23, 1992. Retrieved June 18, 2008.

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