William Bruce Mageean Lansbury (12 January 1930 – 13 February 2017) was a British-born Irish-American television producer, television writer and screenwriter. His career spanned over 30 years, from the 1960s to the 1990s, and included work on a number of American television series.

Personal life

Born in

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in 1930, Lansbury was the son of

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...

-born actress

Moyna Macgill Moyna Macgill (born Charlotte Lillian McIldowie; 10 December 1895 – 25 November 1975) was an Irish actress from Belfast and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar and Bruce Lansbury. In 2020, she was listed at number 35 on ...

and Edgar Lansbury, a British politician and businessman, and grandson of future Labour Party leader

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. He was the younger brother of actress

Angela Lansbury Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...

and the twin brother of theatre, film, and television producer Edgar Lansbury. Both brothers became United States citizens in 1954. Lansbury was a graduate of UCLA and married his first wife, Mary Hassalevris in 1951. The couple had two daughters and remained together until Mary's death in 1996. In 1998, he married Gail England.

Television

Lansbury served as producer of 69 episodes of '' The Wild Wild West'', from 1966 to 1969, and 38 episodes of '' Mission: Impossible'', from 1969 to 1972, and among his work on other television series and TV movies, Lansbury served as producer of ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' and executive producer for the science fiction series ''

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''. His name appears in the closing credits of ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' as "Vice President of Creative Affairs" for Paramount Television.Bruce Lansbury profile
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''; accessed 28 June 2016. Lansbury's most notable position was serving as producer of 88 episodes of '' Murder, She Wrote'', starring his sister, Angela. He was also a writer for 15 episodes of the show.

Death

Bruce Lansbury died on 13 February 2017, at the age of 87 in

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, after battling Alzheimer's disease.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lansbury, Bruce 1930 births 2017 deaths American screenwriters American television producers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English television producers People with acquired American citizenship Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in California Lansbury family 20th-century British businesspeople