Samuel D. Ratcliffe (born 1945, died 1995 in
New York City) was an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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for daytime television.
He grew up in
Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from
Birmingham Southern College
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, moving to New York in 1968 to pursue a career as an actor. From 1968 until the mid-seventies, he appeared in commercials, films and theatre. He was Matt in the long-running off-Broadway play,
The Fantasticks and starred in the
Broadway musical,
Hurry Harry
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In 1976 he began to write for
daytime television dramas. He won numerous awards, including a
Daytime Emmy in 1991 for his work as head writer for
NBC Daytime's ''
Santa Barbara''. He also served as
Head Writer
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for NBC's ''
Texas'' and ''
Another World''.
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
WINS
*(1991; Best Writing; ''Santa Barbara'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1985; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1985, 1994 & 1996; Best Writing; ''Another World'')
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949.
Eligibility
Th ...
WINS
*(1991 & 1992 seasons; ''Santa Barbara'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1985 season; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1993 season; ''Santa Barbara'')
*(1994, 1995 & 1996 seasons; ''Another World'')
Head writing tenure
External links
ref>The New York Times
References
American soap opera writers
American male screenwriters
1945 births
1995 deaths
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Writers Guild of America Award winners
American male television writers
American television writers
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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