Douglas Heyes (May 22, 1919 – February 8, 1993) was an American film and television writer, director, producer, actor, composer, and author with a long list of accomplishments. He was sometimes credited under the pseudonym Matthew Howard.

Personal life and death

He was the father of actor Douglas Heyes Jr. He died in

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on February 8, 1993.

Bibliography

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Shamus Award The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction ( P. I. = Private investigator) genre novels and short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one si ...

Nominee for Best Original PI Paperback (1986)

Filmography (selected)

As actor

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'' – 1977 TV miniseries (uncredited) **also known as ''The Innocent and the Damned'' – USA rerun title * ''

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, su ...

'' – 1959 series **''The Invaders'' – Invader voice (only speaking character in whole episode)

As composer

* '' Colt .45'' – 1957 TV series theme music

As director

* '' The Highwayman'' – 1987 TV movie **also known as ''Terror on the Blacktop'' * ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'' – 1980 TV series * ''

The French Atlantic Affair ''The French Atlantic Affair'' is a novel by Ernest Lehman which was published in 1977. A 3-part TV miniseries based on the book was produced and broadcast in 1979. Plot A luxury ocean liner, the SS ''Marseilles'' of the French Atlantic Line, is h ...

'' – 1979 TV series * ''

Captains and the Kings ''Captains and the Kings'' is a 1972 historical novel by Taylor Caldwell chronicling the rise to wealth and power of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh, who emigrates as a penniless teenager to the United States, along with his you ...

'' – 1976 TV miniseries * '' City of Angels'' – 1976 TV series * ''

Baretta ''Baretta'' is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–1974 ABC series, '' Toma'', starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police ...

'' – 1975 TV series * ''"Powderkeg"''- (1971 TV film and pilot for the series ''

Bearcats! ''Bearcats!'' is an American Western television series broadcast on the CBS television network during the fall 1971 television season. It starred Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole as troubleshooters in the period before the American entry into World War ...

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Night Gallery ''Night Gallery'' is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC from December 16, 1970, to May 27, 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, ''The Twilight Zone'', ...

'' – 1970 TV series * '' McCloud'' – 1970 TV series * ''

Beau Geste ''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a rel ...

'' – 1966 film * ''

Kitten with a Whip ''Kitten with a Whip'' is a 1964 American crime drama film directed by Douglas Heyes, who co-wrote the screenplay with Whit Masterson, a pseudonym for writers Robert Allison “Bob” Wade and H. Bill Miller, who also wrote the novel on which the ...

'' - 1964 film * ''

Kraft Suspense Theatre The ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' is an American television anthology series that was produced and broadcast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's ''Kraft Mu ...

'' – 1963 TV series (episode "The Trains of Silence") * '' The Virginian'' – 1962 TV series * '' Thriller (TV series)'' - 1960-1962 * ''

'' – 1959 TV series (9 episodes) * ''

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'' – 1958 TV series * '' Naked City'' – 1958 TV series * ''

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'' – 1957 TV series * ''

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ''The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'' is an American children's television series in the Western genre that aired from October 1954 to May 1959 on the ABC television network. In all, 164 episodes aired. The show starred Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orph ...

'' – 1954 TV series

As producer

* '' Barbary Coast'' – 1975 TV series * '' Barbary Coast'' – 1975 TV film * ''

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'' – 1974 TV film (executive producer) * ''

'' – 1971 TV series (executive producer) * ''Powderkeg'' – 1971 TV film and pilot for the series ''

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'' – 1965 TV film

As writer

* '' North and South (novel)'' – 1985 TV miniseries * ''

'' – 1979 TV series * ''

'' – 1976 TV miniseries * '' City of Angels'' – 1976 TV series * ''

Get Christie Love! ''Get Christie Love!'' is an American crime drama TV series starring Teresa Graves as an undercover African-American female detective which originally aired on ABC from January 22, 1974, until April 5, 1975. The starring television role made Grav ...

'' – 1975 TV series - episode "I'm Your New Neighbor" (as Matthew Howard) * ''"Powderkeg"'' – 1971 TV film and pilot for the series ''

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The Groundstar Conspiracy ''The Groundstar Conspiracy'' is a 1972 American neo noir crime film directed by Lamont Johnson. It stars George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin. Douglas Heyes' screenplay (written under his frequent pseudonym, Matthew Howard) was adapted very free ...

'' – 1972 film (as Matthew Howard) * ''

Alias Smith and Jones ''Alias Smith and Jones'' is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973. The show initially starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, outlaw cousins who are tryin ...

'' – 1971 TV series (as Matthew Howard) * ''

'' episodes – 1970 ** "Brenda" ** "The Dead Man" ** "The Housekeeper" * '' McCloud'' – 1970 TV series * ''

Ice Station Zebra ''Ice Station Zebra'' is a 1968 American espionage thriller film directed by John Sturges and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. The screenplay is by Alistair MacLean, Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink, and W ...

'' – 1968 film * ''

'' – 1966 film * "The 12th of Never" – 1963 novel * '' The Virginian'' – 1962 TV series * Thriller TV series – 1961 – episode "The Hungry Glass" *''

'' – 1958 TV series * ''

'' – 1957 TV series * ''

'' – 1954 TV series * "The Kiss-Off" – 1951 mystery novel

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heyes, Douglas 1919 births 1993 deaths American film producers 20th-century American businesspeople