Robert William Herbeck is an actor, film producer and screenwriter, known for writing the first ''

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'' film.

Career

Actor

Herbeck had a television acting career in the 1970s and 1980s. His roles were credited in several television series including Mash,

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, and

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Producer

In 1998 Herbeck was listed as a co-producer on the

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movie Wrongfully Accused.

Writer

Herbeck was a comedy writer when he came up with the idea of creating a

film in 1988. The film had a 25 Million dollar opening weekend which surprised many Hollywood insiders. Herbeck wrote the first screenplay of ''

''. Screenwriter

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was called in to do a "Page One rewrite," that is, a complete revision based on a screenplay that a studio had deemed interesting but unworkable as submitted. Langen and Herbeck did not work together and did not meet until the film opened. Langen is credited first.

Lawsuit

In 2015 Herbeck and others filed a 3 million dollar lawsuit against the Franchise rights holder (Fortune Star Media) for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The writers and the directors claimed Fortune Star Media would not pay them. Herbeck claimed that Fortune Star Media owed him $250,000.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbeck, Bobby 1945 births Living people American male screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male television actors American film producers Writers from Los Angeles Screenwriters from California