Anthony Clive "Tony" Barwick (10 July 1934 – 18 August 1993)https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10182/biographical-summaries-of-notable-people?itemId=447240&action=showRecord was a

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who worked extensively on series created and produced by

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Career

Television

Barwick scripted episodes for Anderson's Supermarionation series '' Thunderbirds'' (two out of 32 episodes), ''

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', often shortened to ''Captain Scarlet'', is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company Century 21 Productions for distributor ...

'' (21 out of 32 episodes), ''

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'' (16 out of 30 episodes) and ''

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'' (four out of 13 episodes), as well as his live-action series ''

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'' (14 out of 26 episodes), ''

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'' (ten out of 52 episodes) and '' Space: 1999'' (two out of 48 episodes). He also contributed scripts to Anderson and Christopher Burr's Supermacromation series ''

Terrahawks ''Gerry Anderson & Christopher Burr's Terrahawks'', usually referred to simply as ''Terrahawks'', is a 1980s British science fiction television series produced by Anderson Burr Pictures for London Weekend Television and created by the product ...

,'' writing under various pseudonyms for all but one episode. All of these pseudonyms ended with the suffix "-stein" in imitation of the name of the leading character, Dr Tiger Ninestein. Barwick wrote 35 of the 39 episodes of ''Terrahawks''; "The Midas Touch", which he co-wrote with Trevor Lansdowne, is the only episode for which he used his real name. With the completion of ''Terrahawks'', Barwick went on to script the whole of Anderson's two-part stop-motion series '' Dick Spanner, P.I.'' (for which he was credited as "Harry Bolt"). In addition to his work as scriptwriter, Barwick also served as script editor for ''Captain Scarlet'', ''Joe 90'' and ''UFO''. Other writing credits include ''

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'', '' The Pathfinders'', '' The Professionals'' and ''Shadowchaser''. His scriptwriting is known for its humour. He often set the events of a particular episode on the date of his birthday, 10 July.

Other work

Anderson and Barwick collaborated on other projects, one of which was a script treatment – ultimately rejected – for the ''

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'' film '' Moonraker''. The similarities between this script and the 1979 film are limited to their shared title, with the plot of the completed film incorporating none of Barwick and Anderson's ideas.

Personal life

Barwick continued to work as a scriptwriter until his death of cancer in August 1993 at the age of 59. He was married to Velma Barwick with whom he had three children: Deborah, Craig and Kerry. Barwick was first married to Catherine Deirdre Power.

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* * 1934 births 1993 deaths British science fiction writers British television writers Deaths from cancer in England 20th-century British novelists 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-tv-bio-stub